Word Meanings - NEAT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot. Chaucer. Wherein the herds were keeping of their neat. Spenser. The steer, the heifer, and the calf Are all

Additional info about word: NEAT

Cattle of the genus Bos, as distinguished from horses, sheep, and goats; an animal of the genus Bos; as, a neat's tongue; a neat's foot. Chaucer. Wherein the herds were keeping of their neat. Spenser. The steer, the heifer, and the calf Are all called neat. Shak. A neat and a sheep of his own. Tusser. Neat's-foot, an oil obtained by boiling the feet of neat cattle. It is used to render leather soft and pliable. (more info) nöt, Dan. nöd, and to AS. neótan to make use of, G. geniessen, Goth.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of NEAT)

• Becoming
• Beseeming
• neat
• fit
• proper
• decorous
• comely
• seemly
• befitting
• graceful
• decent
• suitable
• improving
• Clean \adj Pure
• cleanly
• clear
• purified
• cleansed
• untarnished
• spotless
• unclogged
• upright
• Concise
• Condensed
• terse
• pregnant
• expressive
• pointed
• compendious
• succinct
• summary
• brief
• short
• Dapper
• Spruce
• natty
• smart
• Nice
• Fastidious
• scrupulous
• accurate
• discerning
• dainty
• pleasant
• agreeable
• exact
• fine
• finished
• particular

Related words: (words related to NEAT)

• ACCURATENESS
  The state or quality of being accurate; accuracy; exactness; nicety; precision.
• CLEANSABLE
  Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.
• DISCERNANCE
  Discernment.
• DAPPER
  Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively. He wondered how so many provinces could be held in subjection by such a dapper little man. Milton. The dapper ditties that I wont devise. Spenser. Sharp-nosed, dapper steam
• CLEAN-CUT
  See CLEAR-CUT
• TERSE
  1. Appearing as if rubbed or wiped off; rubbed; smooth; polished. Many stones, . . . although terse and smooth, have not this power attractive. Sir T. Browne. 2. Refined; accomplished; -- said of persons. "Your polite and terse gallants."
• CLEARLY
  In a clear manner.
• IMPROVISATRICE
  See IMPROVVISATRICE
• EXACTOR
  One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.
• BESEEMING
  1. Appearance; look; garb. I . . . did company these three in poor beseeming. Shak. 2. Comeliness. Baret.
• EXACTING
  Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
• CLEANNESS
  1. The state or quality of being clean. 2. Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. Chaucer.
• COMELY
  comeliche, AS. cymlic; cyme suitable + 1. Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned; good- looking; handsome. He that is comely when old and decrepit, surely was very beautiful when he was young. South. Not once perceive their foul
• CLEARER
  A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, clears. Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison.
• FINISHER
  1. One who finishes, puts an end to, completes, or perfects; esp. used in the trades, as in hatting, weaving, etc., for the workman who gives a finishing touch to the work, or any part of it, and brings it to perfection. O prophet of glad tidings,
• SMARTWEED
  An acrid plant of the genus Polygonum , which produces smarting if applied where the skin is tender.
• SHORT-WITED
  Having little wit; not wise; having scanty intellect or judgment.
• PREGNANT
  1. Being with young, as a female; having conceived; great with young; breeding; teeming; gravid; preparing to bring forth. 2. Heavy with important contents, significance, or issue; full of consequence or results; weighty; as, pregnant replies.
• EXACTLY
  In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. "Exactly wrought." Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft.
• GRACEFUL
  Displaying grace or beauty in form or action; elegant; easy; agreeable in appearance; as, a graceful walk, deportment, speaker, air, act, speech. High o'er the rest in arms the graceful Turnus rode. Dryden. -- Grace"ful*ly, adv. Grace"ful*ness, n.
• INDECOROUSNESS
  The quality of being indecorous; want of decorum.
• UNBECOMING
  Not becoming; unsuitable; unfit; indecorous; improper. My grief lets unbecoming speeches fall. Dryden. -- Un`be*com"ing*ly, adv. -- Un`be*com"ing*ness, n.
• DIVEDAPPER
  A water fowl; the didapper. See Dabchick.
• UNSEEMLY
  Not seemly; unbecoming; indecent. An unseemly outbreak of temper. Hawthorne.
• DISAGREEABLENESS
  The state or quality of being; disagreeable; unpleasantness.
• INEXACTLY
  In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.
• INEXACT
  Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.
• COVER-POINT
  The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."