neat

Meaning

Adj

1. Clean, tidy; free from dirt or impurities.
2. Free from contaminants; unadulterated, undiluted. Particularly of liquor and cocktails; see usage below.
3. Conditions with a liquid reagent or gas performed with no standard solvent or cosolvent.
4. (archaic) With all deductions or allowances made; net.
5. Having a simple elegance or style; clean, trim, tidy, tasteful.
6. Well-executed or delivered; clever, skillful, precise.
7. Facile; missing complexity or details in the favor of convenience or simplicity.
8. (Canada, US, colloquial) Good, excellent, desirable; interesting; cool.
9. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of net (“remaining after expenses or deductions”).

Intj

1. Used to signify a job well done.
2. Used to signify approval.

Noun

An artificial intelligence researcher who believes that solutions should be elegant, clear and provably correct. Compare scruffy.

Noun

A bull or cow.

Noun

Cattle collectively.

Synonyms

tidy

clean

trim

orderly

smart

spruce

elegant

clear

pure

great

pretty

cleanly

handsome

nifty

natty

well-groomed

stylish

straight

graceful

net

trig

fine

clever

tasteful

refined

proper

dapper

good

👍

pleasing

cool

🆒

precise

be clean

harmonious

swell

accurate

even

dandy

beautiful

dainty

decent

skilled

terrific

careful

posh

bully

peachy

bang-up

not bad

adroit

awesome

Translations

net

pulito

puro

hübsch

net

ordentlich

nett

propre

sauber

pulcro

limpio

niedlich

lindo

duidelijk

adrett

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈniːt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: nete

Cognate with German: nett

Inherited from Old English: nēat

Cognate with Dutch: noot

Cognate with Icelandic: naut

Cognate with Faroese: neyt

In summary

From Middle English nete, net, nette, from Anglo-Norman neit (“good, desirable, clean”), a variant of Old French net, nette (“clean, clear, pure”), from Latin nitidus (“gleaming”), derived from nitēre (“to shine”). Doublet of net and nitid. Cognate with German nett (“nice, kind”). Compare also nait.