tidy

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈtaɪdi/

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Adjective

Positive tidy

Comparative tidier

Superlative tidiest

1. If something is tidy, it is clean and everything is in its place.

   Her small, tidy, little house seemed very nice.

   The book had a neat and tidy ending.

2. A tidy person is somebody who keeps thing clean and organized.
3. (usually before a noun) A tidy amount is not small.

   They're planning to sell them for a tidy profit.

Synonyms

• large
• fair
• smart
• organized
• reasonable
• considerable
• ample
• orderly
• sizable

Related words

• tidiness
• untidy
• untidiness
• untidily
• tidily

Verb

Plain form tidy

Third-person singular tidies

Past tense tidied

Past participle tidied

Present participle tidying

1. (transitive & intransitive) If you tidy something up, you pick up things and put everything back where it belongs.

   Give me a minute to go tidy up the room.

   He must have made the bed and tidied up.

Synonyms

• organize
• arrange
• straighten