Antonyms for trig
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : trig |
Phonetic Transcription : trɪg |
Definition of trig
Origin :- "smart, trim," c.1200, from Old Norse tryggr "firm, trusty, true" (see true (adj.)). A Scottish and northern word only until 19c.
- adj fashionable
- adj neat
- verb tidy
- The schooner was as newly painted and trig as if fresh from the ways.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
- Smithers is an ass with the theodolite, and Hedger's 'trig' is rotten.
- Extract from : « A Lively Bit of the Front » by Percy F. Westerman
- But, under the cool, keen regard of the trig maid, of course he upset the milk.
- Extract from : « The Quest » by Frederik van Eeden
- Jane was a trig, neat body; small, as the coast girls often are—I wonder why?
- Extract from : « A Singular Life » by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
- Is it possible that I once agonized over this trig little man?
- Extract from : « The Captain of the Gray-Horse Troop » by Hamlin Garland
- The dinner, which was elaborate, was served by two trig maids.
- Extract from : « Unleavened Bread » by Robert Grant
- Mrs. McChesney's trig little suits had cost fifty dollars, and had looked sixty.
- Extract from : « Fanny Herself » by Edna Ferber
- She was wearing tailor-mades, with a trig hat to match, when she opened the door of her entry hall for Mullinix.
- Extract from : « From Place to Place » by Irvin S. Cobb
- Miss Hopkins often told her that she was not really stout; she merely had a plump, trig little figure.
- Extract from : « Different Girls » by Various
- What coats of silk and waistcoats of satin, what trig rapiers and flowing wigs and laces and ruffles; and, ah me!
- Extract from : « Modern Italian Poets » by William Dean Howells
Synonyms for trig
- a go-go
- a la mode
- accurate
- all the rage
- apple-pie order
- chic
- chichi
- clean
- clear the decks
- contemporary
- correct
- current
- customary
- dainty
- dapper
- dashing
- elegant
- exact
- faddy
- fastidious
- favored
- finical
- finicky
- fix up
- fly
- frame
- freshen
- genteel
- get act together
- groom
- hot
- immaculate
- in good order
- in good shape
- in style
- in vogue
- in-thing
- last word
- latest
- latest thing
- methodical
- mod
- modern
- modish
- natty
- neat as a pin
- neaten
- new
- newfangled
- nice
- now
- order
- orderly
- police
- popular
- posh
- precise
- prevailing
- prim
- proper
- pull together
- put in good shape
- put in order
- put in shape
- put to rights
- rakish
- regular
- shape up
- shipshape
- sleek
- slick
- slick up
- smart
- snug
- spick-and-span
- spotless
- spruce
- spruce up
- straighten
- straighten up
- stylish
- swank
- swanky
- systematic
- taut
- tauten
- tidy
- trendsetting
- trendy
- trim
- up to the minute
- up-to-the-minute
- upscale
- usual
- well-groomed
- well-kept
- well-liked
- whip into shape
- with it
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