tidy

Meanings

Adjective

• Arranged neatly and in order.
• Not messy; neat and controlled.
• Satisfactory; comfortable.
• Generous, considerable.
• In good time; at the right time; timely; seasonable; opportune; favourable; fit; suitable.
• Brave; smart; skillful; fine; good.
• Appropriate or suitable as regards occasion, circumstances, arrangement, or order.

Verb

• To make tidy; to neaten.

Noun

• A tabletop container for pens and stationery.
• A cover, often of tatting, drawn work, or other ornamental work, for the back of a chair, the arms of a sofa, etc.
• A child's pinafore.
• The wren.

Interjection

• Expression of agreement or positive acknowledgement, usually in reply to a question; great, fine.

Related

Opposite words

• messy, untidy

Origin

• From Middle English tidy, tydy, tidi, from tide + -y. Cognate with Dutch tijdig ("timely"), Middle Low German tīdich ("timely"), German zeitig ("seasonal, timely"), Danish tidig ("timely"), Swedish tidig ("timely").