Meanings
present singular third person neatens · participle present neatening · participle past neatened · past neatened
- transitiveTo make (someone or something) neat; to arrange (people or things) in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.
She made a frantic attempt to neaten her hair.
1 more example
He is doubtful that images made by artificial intelligence will replace the art exhibited in galleries, he worries that commercial projects previously requiring a team of artists may in the future need only one to work with AI and neaten up the final product.
2023 June 27, Clea Skopeliti, “‘The future is bleak’: how AI concerns are shaping graduate’s career choices”, in The Guardian, →ISSN - intransitiveTo engage in activity that arranges someone or something in an orderly, tidy way.
Don't mind me if I neaten while you talk.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbput (things or places) in order
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans opruim
- opruimto make tidy
Bengali গুছিয়ে রাখা
- গুছিয়ে রাখা (guchiẏe rakha)to make tidy
Bulgarian спретвам, подреждам
- спретвам (spretvam)to make tidy
- подреждам (podreždam)to make tidy
- разтребвам (raztrebvam)to make tidy
Catalan endreçar, ordenar
- endreçarto make tidy
- ordenarto make tidy
- netejarto make tidy
Chinese Mandarin 收拾, 整理
- 收拾 (shōushí)to make tidy
- 整理 (zhěnglǐ)to make tidy
- 清理 (qīnglǐ)to make tidy
Czech upravit, uhladit
- upravitto make tidy
- uhladitto make tidy
- zúhlednitto make tidy
Dutch opruimen, schoonmaken
- opruimento make tidy
- schoonmakento make tidy
Finnish siistiä
- siistiäto make tidy
French ranger
- rangerto make tidy
German aufräumen, zusammenräumen
- aufräumento make tidy
- zusammenräumento make tidy
- säubernto make tidy
- ordnento make tidy
Hindi साफ़ करना
- साफ़ करना (sāf karnā)to make tidy
Hungarian takarít
- takarítto make tidy
Italian riordinare
- riordinareto make tidy
Japanese 片付ける
- 片付ける (katazukeru)to make tidy
Korean 정리하다
- 정리하다 (jeongnihada)to make tidy
Lithuanian sutvarkyti
- sutvarkytito make tidy
Māori rau(w)iri, whakaraupapa
- rau(w)irito make tidy
- whakaraupapato make tidy
- whakapaipaito make tidy
- tātaito make tidy
Persian مرتب کردن
- مرتب کردنto make tidy
Polish porządkować, uporządkowywać
- porządkowaćto make tidy
- uporządkowywaćto make tidy
- uporządkowaćto make tidy
- sprzątaćto make tidy
- posprzątaćto make tidy
Portuguese arrumar, assear
- arrumarto make tidy
- assearto make tidy
Romanian face ordine, deretica
- face ordineto make tidy
- dereticato make tidy
- aranjato make tidy
Russian убира́ть, убра́ть
- убира́ть (ubirátʹ)to make tidy
- убра́ть (ubrátʹ)to make tidy
- приводи́ть в поря́док (privodítʹ v porjádok)to make tidy
- привести́ в поря́док (privestí v porjádok)to make tidy
- наводи́ть чистоту (navodítʹ čistotu)to make tidy
Slovak upraviť
- upraviťto make tidy
Spanish arreglar, adecentar
- arreglarto make tidy
- adecentarto make tidy
- prolijarto make tidy
- aseadoto make tidy
Turkish çekidüzen vermek, toplamak
- çekidüzen vermekto make tidy
- toplamakto make tidy
Ukrainian прибира́ти, прибра́ти
- прибира́ти (prybyráty)to make tidy
- прибра́ти (prybráty)to make tidy
Vietnamese dọn dẹp
- dọn dẹpto make tidy
Welsh tacluso, cymoni
- taclusoto make tidy
- cymonito make tidy
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Cite this entry
neaten. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neaten
“neaten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neaten. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “neaten,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/neaten.
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