spick–and–span

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of SPICK-AND-SPAN

free from dirt or stain <let's make the house spick-and-span for our visitors>

Synonyms antiseptic, chaste, fair, immaculate, pristine, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, squeaky-clean, stainless, unsoiled, unstained, unsullied

Near Antonyms dingy, greasy, grimy, mucky, muddy, unwashed; defiled, germy, polluted, tainted, unsterile, unsterilized; blackened, discolored

Antonyms besmirched, dirty, filthy, foul, grubby, smirched, soiled, spotted, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleaned

recently made and never used before <a spick-and-span waffle iron that our host was obviously using for the first time>

Synonyms brand-new, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), unused

Near Antonyms dirty, soiled, spoiled, stale; aged, beat-up, old, shabby, shopworn, well-handled, worn

Antonyms hand-me-down, second hand, used

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