neatness

Other forms of neatness

plural

neatnesses·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about neatness

What does neatness mean?

neatness means "the state of being neat and smart and trim". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in neatness?

neatness has 2 syllables: neat-ness. The stress falls on "neat". In IPA it is /ˈnitnəs/.

What is another word for neatness?

Close synonyms include spruceness, tidiness. 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 neatness a common word?

neatness 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.