Antonyms for tidy

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : tahy-dee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈtaɪ di

Definition of tidy

Origin : mid-13c., probably originally "in season, timely, opportune, excellent," from tide in the sense of "season, time" (see tide). Cf. Old High German zitig, German zeitig, Dutch tijdig, Danish tidig "timely." Meaning "neat and in order" first recorded 1706.

adj clean, neat
adj considerable
verb make neat and orderly

Example sentences :

Before her, instead of the tidy supper-table, she was seeing the medicine-tray as she had left it.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

She brushed some dust from her habit, and made sure that her hair was tidy.
Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman

So I had to put on her peignoir, and tidy her up, and arrange her hair just as I have done.
Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant

It was Madame Raquin who had to arrange the rooms and tidy up the shop.
Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola

"If we teach them to be particular when they are young, they will be tidy when they are old," we were informed.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

The cross-stitch "tidy" on the back was his mother's handiwork, she had made it when she was fifteen.
Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln

The houses are clean and tidy, and the people have a well-to-do look.
Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

There is a daughter and she ought to have a tidy little pile.
Extract from : « The Red Hand of Ulster » by George A. Birmingham

Was it not odious of Fred to go and smoke in the parlour, the only place we can have tidy?
Extract from : « The Doctor's Family » by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant

He noticed that everything about the room was plain, but neat and tidy.
Extract from : « Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times » by Charles Carleton Coffin

Synonyms for tidy

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