Meaning & Definition of Neat in English

1. Clean or organized

• "Her neat dress"

• "A neat room"

2. Showing care in execution

• "Neat homework"

• "Neat handwriting"

3. Free from what is tawdry or unbecoming

• "A neat style"

• "A neat set of rules"

• "She hated to have her neat plans upset"

4. Free from clumsiness

• Precisely or deftly executed

• "He landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"

• "A clean throw"

• "The neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"

5. Very good

• "He did a bully job"

• "A neat sports car"

• "Had a great time at the party"

• "You look simply smashing"

6. Without water

• "Took his whiskey neat"