Reverse Dictionary: NEAT

ADJECTIVES
​► APPLE PIE neat, tidy, perfect → 20C US sl.
► CLASSY stylish, fine, neat, trim → 1913-17 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► CLEAN AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► CLEAN AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► COSH trim, neat → 1826 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► CRISP short, sharp, decided in manner; also, clean, neat; clearly defined → 1814
► DANDY characteristic of a dandy; affectedly neat, trim. or smart → 1813
► DAPPER neat, trim, smart in dress or appearance → LME
► DEFT pretty; neat → 1671 Eng. dial.  
► DENK neat, nice, finely dressed → 1721 Sc.
► DIMPSEY neat, smart → 1900 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► DINK neat, nice, finely dressed, trim, spruce → 1721 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
► DINKY small and neat; trim; dainty, cute → L18 Sc. & Amer. dial.
► DOCY pretty, neat, charming → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► FARRANDLY ► FARRANTLY  of persons: comely, handsome, good-looking; decent, respectable; neat, tidy → 1790 Eng. dial.
► FEASIBLE 1. of things: neat, tidily made → c1779 Sc.
2. of persons: neat, tidy, presentable; of pleasing appearance or manner, decent, respectable → 1820 Sc.
► FEAT neat in form or appearance, pretty, elegant → a1471 obs. exc. arch. & Eng. dial.
► FEAT-BODIED having a feat or trim body, neat, spruce → 1750 obs.
► FEATISH elegant, neat → 1530 obs.
► FEATY neat, pretty → 1621 obs.
► GEMMY spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous → 1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► GIM smart, spruce, fine, neat, pretty → 1513 obs. exc. Eng dial.
► GIMMY spruce, neat, smart; neatly-made; dexterous → 1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► IN APPLE-PIE ORDER perfectly tidy and properly placed; orderly, neat → 1864
► IN KELTER ► IN KILTER orderly, tidy, neat → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► IN PRINT very neat and orderly → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► JAM neat, smart, spruce → 1896 sl. (Bk.)
► JEMMY ► JIMMY spruce, dandified, neat, smart; dexterous → 1750 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► JIMP neat in attire, tidy; spruce; slender, elegant → a1513 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► JIMPRICUTE orderly, tidy, neat → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KIPPY orderly, tidy, neat → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► KLIPPY nice and neat → 1920s US sl.
► MACK neat, tidy → 1825 obs.
► MACK-LIKE tidy, neat, seemly, well-proportioned; adapted to the purpose → 1822 Sc.
► MACKY neat, tidy → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MENSE decent, respectable; clean, tidy, neat → 1879 Eng. dial.
► MENSEFUL tidy, clean, neat; in good order → 1703 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► NABBY neat, trim, well-dressed; pretentious, dressed above one’s station → 1879 Sc.
► NABITY neat, trim, well-dressed; pretentious, dressed above one’s station → 1903 Sc. (Bk.)
► NACKETY 1. compact, neat, tidy, smart-looking → 1756 Sc.
2. finicky, fond of neatness → 1818 Sc.
► NASTY-NEAT very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned → 1916 Amer. dial.
► NASTY-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned → 1873 Eng. & Amer. dial.
► NATTERLY neat, natty → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NATTLY neat, natty → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NATTY neat, stylish, tidy → 1557 colloq.
► NEAT AS A BANDBOX as neat as may be → 1902 colloq. (Bk.)
► NEAT AS A FLEA small and neat → 1940s Aust. sl.
► NEAT AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NEAT AS A NEW PIN as neat as may be → 1902 colloq. (Bk.)
► NEAT AS A PIN orderly, tidy, neat → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NEAT AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► NEAT AS NINEPENCE as neat as may be → 1884 colloq.
► NEAT AS WAX as neat as may be → 1902 colloq. (Bk.)
► NEAT, BUT NOT GAUDY, AS THE DEVIL SAID WHEN HE PAINTED HIS BOTTOM RED AND TIED UP HIS TAIL  WITH SKY-BLUE RIBBON spick and span; ‘fresh as a daisy’ → 1887 sl.
► NEAT-NICE very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned → 1951 Amer. dial.
► NET of things: neat, smart → 1637
► NETTY neat, natty → 1573 obs.
► NICE-NASTY very neat, overly tidy; excessively fastidious; too particular or fussy; old-fashioned → 1965 Amer. dial.
► NIFTIK stylish, neat → 1919 US sl.
► NIFTY neat, smart → 1865 sl.
► NIPPERTY-TIPPERTY childishly exact, affectedly neat → 1817 Sc.
► NOPPY tidy, neat → 1877 Eng. dial.
► NUNTY precise in dress, neat, trim, dapper → 1856 Eng. dial.
► PENSY tidy in dress and appearance; spruce, neat → a1806 obs. exc. Sc. & Eng. dial.
► PERJINK fussy, fastidious, prim; neat → 1889 Sc.
► PERJINKETY exact, precise, minutely accurate; extreme as to neatness, fussy, finical → 1887 Sc.
► PERNICKETY very neat and clean → 1967 Amer. dial.
► PIZEN NEAT very neat → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► POISON-NEAT extremely neat → 1877 Amer. dial.
► POLITE clean; neat, orderly → 1602 obs.
► PRIMP orig. (of the mouth, etc.): pursed, set, primly shut; later, prim, neat; affected → c1590
► PRIMPED elaborately dressed or made up; fussily neat or smart; affected; vain → 1625
► PRUNK neat, smart, pretty → 1892 Sc.
► QUEEM close-fitting, filled up to an even level; neat, fit → 1820 Sc.
► QUEME of pleasing appearance; beautiful, fair; neat, tidy → a1300 obs.
► RACKED UP neat, smartly turned out → 1950s sl.
► REDD-UP tidy, neat, put in order → 1838 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RED-HANDED active, neat → 1820 Sc.
► SHIPSHAPE orderly, tidy, neat → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLICK AS A GUT orderly, tidy, neat → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLICK AS A WHISTLE orderly, tidy, neat → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SLICK orderly, tidy, neat → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SMART of an item of clothing: attractively neat and stylish; relatively formal → 1704
► SMIRK neat, trim, spruce in dress or appearance; pleasant; agreeable; smug → 1534
► SMIRKY smart, neat, smiling; simpering → a1758 Sc. & US
► SMUG 1. of males: trim, neat, spruce, smart; later, having a self-satisfied, conceited or consciously respectable air → 1551
2. of things: smooth, clean, neat, trim, or tidy → 1598
► SPINORTIC ► SPONORTIC neat, trim, stylish → 1913-17 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► SPOONEY ► SPOONY orderly, tidy, neat → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SPRIG smart, neat, trim; said of a person’s appearance → 1675 obs.
► SPRUCY smart in appearance; neat, dapper, attractive → 1774
► SPRUNNY neat, spruce, smart → 1733 Eng. dial. 
► TASTY neat, natty; with dainty habits; attractive; agreeable → 1870 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► TIGHT neat in appearance; neatly and carefully dressed; trim, tidy, smart; of a neat compact build, well-made, shapely → 1685 arch. or Eng. dial.
► TONY stylish, neat → 1913-17 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► TO RIGHTS orderly, tidy, neat → 1942 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► TRIG pleasingly trim. tidy, neat → 1838 Amer. dial.

ADVERBS
► DINKLY neatly → 1828 Sc.
► FEATLY fitly, properly, suitably, aptly; neatly, elegantly → a1300 arch.
► GASH trimly, neatly, so as to have a good appearance → 1806 Sc.
► HANDSOMELY with becoming or elegant action; in good style, neatly, elegantly → 1582
► JEMMILY neatly, trimly → 1837
► NETLY neatly, smartly → 1577-87 obs.
► QUEEM exactly, neatly, snugly → 1710 Sc.
► QUEMELY in a pleasing, agreeable, or becoming manner; neatly, gently, smoothly → c1380 obs.
► TIGHTLY 1. deftly, neatly; cleverly, dexterously; properly, correctly → 1790 Sc. & Eng. dial. obs.
2. neatly, tidily, smartly → 1825-9

NOUNS
► APPLE-PIE ORDER neatness, tidiness → L18
► DANDY anything superlatively fine, neat, or dainty → 1837-40 sl. or colloq.
► FEATISHNESS neatness → 1530 obs.
► JEMMINESS spruceness, neatness, trimness → 1756
► MENSE neatness, tidiness, order; freshness, gloss, newness, bloom → 1867 Eng. dial.
► NATTINESS neatness; tidiness; spruceness → colloq.
► SMART, THE those who are neat, clever, witty, etc.; smart people or things as a class → 1831
► SPRUCERY the notional department responsible for spruceness or neatness → 1603 humorous usage, obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► AWFUL OLD FART a person, not necessarily old, who is compulsively neat and meticulous to the point of being prissy and unbearable → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► BONNIE BRILLO one who is excessively neat and tidy → 1980s US campus sl.
► DAG a person who is neat in appearance, conservative in manners, and lacks style and sophistication → 20C Aust. sl.
► MR. CLEAN an obsessively neat and prudish man → 1960s US sl.
► NACKET a small, undergrown, neat person → 1808 Sc.
► NACKETY one neat in person and work → B1900 Sc.
► NATTY a neatly smart or spruce person → 1818
► NEATNIK a person devoted to neatness and order → 1959 US sl.
► PARCHEKA a neat person → 1905 Eng. dial. obs. (Bk.)
► PARROCK a small, neat person; a little dandy or doll → 1880 Sc.
► PERJINK a fastidious or very neat person → 1995 Sc.
► WALLET a neat person of small stature; often used as a term of endearment → 1866 Sc. 

PHRASES
► SO NEAT SHE SQUEAKS said of a person so neat she annoys others → 1996 Amer. dial. (Bk.)

VERBS
► BESMARTEN to make smart or neat → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► GUSSY UP to clean or make neat → 20C Amer. sl.
► MENSE to tidy, to make clean and neat; to clear up; also, to dress or smarten oneself up → 1859 Eng. dial.
► MENSEN UP to tidy, to make clean and neat, to put in order → 1889 Eng. dial.
► MUNDIFY to make oneself neat or smart; to spruce oneself up → 1568 obs.
► NEAT to make neat → 1581
► NEATIFY to make neat; to purify → 1601 obs.
► PRUNK to make oneself smart and neat; to dress neatly; generally used with ‘up’ → B1900 Sc.
► READY UP to tidy up, to make neat, to put in order → 1864 Amer. dial.
► SLICK UP to tidy, to make neat → M19 US sl.
► SMIRK to trim up; to make neat or spruce → 1596 obs.
► SPRUCIFY to make neat, trim, or attractive in appearance; to smarten; to spruce up → 1611
► TIGHT to put in order; to make tidy or neat → 1895 Eng. dial.