clean-cut

Questions about clean-cut

What does clean-cut mean?

clean-cut means "neat and smart in appearance". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in clean-cut?

clean-cut has 3 syllables and divides as cle-an--cut under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for clean-cut?

Close synonyms include trig, trim, clear, clear-cut. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is clean-cut a common word?

clean-cut is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.