spruce

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of SPRUCE

being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance <a slim, spruce man in a tailor-made business suit>

Synonyms dapper, natty, sharp, snappy, spruce

Related Words dolled up, dressy, elegant, formal, spiffed-up; orderly, tidy; à la mode (also a la mode), chic, fashionable, in, modish, stylish; careful, fastidious, fussy, meticulous; combed, groomed; clean, immaculate, pristine, spotless, squeaky-clean

Near Antonyms messy, mussed, rumpled, uncombed, untidy, wrinkled; shabby, sleazy; dingy, dirty, filthy, foul, grimy, grubby, nasty, scroungy, scrubby, scruffy, scuzzy [slang], smirched, soiled, spotted, stained, sullied, unclean; dowdy, inelegant, unfashionable, unstylish

Antonyms disheveled (or dishevelled), frowsy (or frowzy), sloppy, slovenly, unkempt

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