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spruce has 14 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 5 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for spruce come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
“He spruced up for the party”