well-kept

1. 1.

   kept in good condition

   Synonymskept upmaintained

   Similarpreserved
2. 2.

   of places; characterized by order and neatness; free from disorder

   “even the barn was shipshape”

   “a trim little sailboat”

   Synonymsshipshapetrim

   Similartidy

Questions about well-kept

What does well-kept mean?

well-kept means "kept in good condition". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in well-kept?

well-kept has 2 syllables: well--kept. The stress falls on "well-".

What is another word for well-kept?

Close synonyms include kept up, maintained, shipshape, trim. 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 well-kept a common word?

well-kept 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.