All spruce synonyms
spruce
S s adj spruce
- crisp β Food that is crisp is pleasantly hard, or has a pleasantly hard surface.
- doggy β a little dog or a puppy.
- neat β in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition: a neat room.
- natty β neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; spruce: a natty white uniform.
- dapper β A man who is dapper has a very neat and clean appearance, and is often also small and thin.
- flyest β clever; keen; ingenious.
- bluenose β a puritanical or prudish person
- goody goody β a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.
- brand spanking new β (Informal) utterly new, as new as possible.
- dressed to kill β woman: in stylish clothes
noun spruce
- cleanliness β Cleanliness is the degree to which people keep themselves and their surroundings clean.
- nattiness β The quality of being natty.
- immaculateness β The characteristic of being immaculate; spotlessness.
- disinfection β to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
adv spruce
- graciously β pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- methodically β performed, disposed, or acting in a systematic way; systematic; orderly: a methodical person.
- daintily β of delicate beauty; exquisite: a dainty lace handkerchief.
- adroitly β expert or nimble in the use of the hands or body.
- agilely β quick and well-coordinated in movement; lithe: an agile leap.
- neatly β in a pleasingly orderly and clean condition: a neat room.
- harmoniously β marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- adeptly β very skilled; proficient; expert: an adept juggler.
- dexterously β skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body.
verb spruce
- gussy up β to enhance the attractiveness of in a gimmicky, showy manner (usually followed by up): a room gussied up with mirrors and lights.
- breeches β Breeches are trousers which reach as far as your knees.
- apparelled β clothing, especially outerwear; garments; attire; raiment.
- clean up β If you clean up a mess or clean up a place where there is a mess, you make things tidy and free of dirt again.
- breeching β the strap of a harness that passes behind a horse's haunches
- bedizened β Dressed up or decorated gaudily.
- deck out β If a person or thing is decked out with or in something, they are decorated with it or wearing it, usually for a special occasion.
- methodize β to reduce (something) to a method.
- groom β a bridegroom.
- appareled β Simple past tense and past participle of apparel.
- appareling β Present participle of apparel.
- gowned β a woman's dress or robe, especially one that is full-length.
- dizen β to deck with clothes or finery; bedizen.
- bedrape β to drape, adorn
- gowning β a woman's dress or robe, especially one that is full-length.
- fit out β adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.
- dandified β greatly concerned with smartness of dress
- facelift β Also, face lifting, facelifting. plastic surgery on the face for elevating sagging tissues and eliminating wrinkles and other signs of age; rhytidectomy.
- guised β general external appearance; aspect; semblance: an old principle in a new guise.
- gentrified β very or excessively refined or elegant.
- guising β general external appearance; aspect; semblance: an old principle in a new guise.
- clothe β To clothe someone means to provide them with clothes to wear.
- costuming β a style of dress, including accessories and hairdos, especially that peculiar to a nation, region, group, or historical period.
adjective spruce
- nobby β fashionable or elegant; stylish; chic.
adverb spruce
- exquisitely β In an exquisite manner.
- orderly β arranged or disposed in a neat, tidy manner or in a regular sequence: an orderly desk.
- elegantly β Gracefully, smoothly, and swiftly; with supreme style.