Neat
Neat adjective - Being clean and in good order.
Usage example: keep the kitchen neat so the cook doesn't have to work around piles of dirty dishes
Untidy
Untidy adjective - Lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness.
Usage example: I can never find anything in this untidy office
Nearby Words: untidiness, untidily
Both words in one sentence
-
Her ponytail gradually gets longer but still neat until the timeskip, after which it's long and untidy until the Important Haircut.
Source: Expository Hairstyle Change
Cite this Source
Untidy and Neat. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/neat/untidy
Neat & Untidy. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/neat/untidy>.
Untidy or Neat. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/neat/untidy.
Google Ngram Viewer shows how "neat" and "untidy" have occurred on timeline