tidy

1. 1.

   receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)

   Broaderreceptacle

1. 1.

   put (things or places) in order

   “Tidy up your room!”

   Synonymstidy upclean upneatenstraightenstraighten outsquare away

   Broaderorder

   Narrowermakehouseclean

Other forms of tidy

plural

tidies·

past tense or participle

tidied

present participle

tidying·

comparative or superlative

tidier

comparative or superlative

tidiest

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 tidy

What does tidy mean?

tidy means "marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in tidy?

tidy has 2 syllables: ti-dy. The stress falls on "ti". In IPA it is /ˈtaɪdi/.

What is another word for tidy?

Close synonyms include kempt, goodly, goodish, healthy, hefty. 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.

What is the opposite of tidy?

The recorded antonyms are untidy.

Is tidy a common word?

tidy is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with tidy?

1 word rhymes with tidy. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.