well-groomed

adjective

Of a person, neat and well-dressed.

Meanings

adjectivewell-groomed (comparative better-groomed or more well-groomed, superlative best-groomed or most well-groomed)

comparative better-groomed · comparative more well-groomed · superlative best-groomed · superlative most well-groomed · alternative well groomed

  1. Of a person, neat and well-dressed.

    But winter can also be judged by the prominence of another scourge, one that is especially irksome in a city that places a premium on being well-groomed and immaculately coiffed: hat hair.

    2003 February 17, Elissa Gootman, “A Chill Most Bitter: Learning to Accept Hat Hair”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 May 2015

    Synonyms: soigné, kempt

  2. Neat and tidy.

    Its churchyard has a well-groomed air, with tailored hedges and lawns.

    1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 55

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf a person, neat and well-dressed.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivehaving tasteful clothing and being scrupulously neat

adjectivehaving your hair neatly brushed and combed

Similar

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Basque jaso
  • jasoneat and well-dressed
Chinese Mandarin 衣冠楚楚
  • 衣冠楚楚 (yīguānchǔchǔ)neat and well-dressed
Danish nydelig
  • nydeligneat and well-dressed
Finnish siisti, siististi pukeutunut
  • siistineat and tidy
  • siististi pukeutunutneat and well-dressed
  • siistineat and well-dressed
French soigné
  • soignéneat and well-dressed
German gepflegt, soigniert
  • gepflegtneat and well-dressed
  • soigniertneat and well-dressed
Hungarian ápolt
  • ápoltneat and well-dressed
Italian azzimato, ripulito
  • azzimatoneat and well-dressed
  • ripulitoneat and well-dressed
  • agghindatoneat and well-dressed
Norwegian Bokmål nydelig
  • nydeligneat and well-dressed
Polish zadbany, zadbany
  • zadbanyneat and tidy
  • zadbanyneat and well-dressed
Portuguese arrumado
  • arrumadoneat and well-dressed
Russian ухо́женный, холёный
  • ухо́женный (uxóžennyj)neat and well-dressed
  • холёный (xoljónyj)neat and well-dressed
Spanish acicalado
  • acicaladoneat and well-dressed
Cite this entry
APA

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MLA

“well-groomed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/well-groomed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “well-groomed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/well-groomed.

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