spruce as a noun: - 1
- 2
as a verb: - 1
- 2
as an adjective: - 1
spruce
noun
1 spruce
Light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork.
Dutch: spar, sparrehout, sparrenhout
Polish: świerk
2 spruce
Any coniferous tree of the genus Picea.
Dutch: spar
Polish: świerk
verb
1 spruce
2 spruce
Dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion:
— He spruced up for the party.
synonyms: slick up, smarten up, spruce up.
adjective
1 spruce
Marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners.
synonyms: dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, snappy, spiffy.
Roget 652:
clean,
cleanly;
pure;
immaculate;
spotless,
stainless,
taintless;
trig;
without a stain,
unstained,
unspotted,
unsoiled,
unsullied,
untainted,
uninfected;
sweet,
sweet as a nut.
neat,
spruce,
tidy,
trim,
gimp,
clean as a new penny,
like a cat in pattens;
cleaned
etc.
v.;
kempt†.
abstergent†,
cathartic,
cleansing,
purifying.
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Roget 845:
beautiful,
beauteous;
handsome;
gorgeous;
pretty;
lovely,
graceful,
elegant,
prepossessing;
attractive
etc.
(inviting)
615;
delicate,
dainty,
refined;
fair,
personable,
comely,
seemly;
bonny [Scot.];
good-looking;
well-favored,
well-made,
well-formed,
well-proportioned;
proper,
shapely;
symmetrical
etc.
(regular)
242;
harmonious
etc.
(color)
428;
sightly.
fit to be seen,
passable,
not amiss.
goodly,
dapper,
tight,
jimp†;
gimp;
janty†,
jaunty;
trig,
natty,
quaint,
trim,
tidy,
neat,
spruce,
smart,
tricksy†.
bright,
bright eyed;
rosy cheeked,
cherry cheeked;
rosy,
ruddy;
blooming,
in full bloom.
brilliant,
shining;
beamy†,
beaming;
sparkling,
splendid,
resplendent,
dazzling,
glowing;
glossy,
sleek.
rich,
superb,
magnificent,
grand,
fine,
sublime,
showy,
specious.
artistic,
artistical†;
aesthetic;
picturesque,
pictorial;
fait a peindre [Fr.];
well-composed,
well grouped,
well varied;
curious.
enchanting
etc.
(pleasure-giving)
829;
becoming
etc.
(accordant)
23;
ornamental
etc.
847.
undeformed,
undefaced,
unspotted;
spotless
etc.
(perfect)
650.
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Moby thesaurus: anal, bandbox, bowdlerized, braw, chic, classy, clean up, cleaned, cleaned up, cleansed, clothes-conscious, cosmopolitan, dapper, dashing, dinky, doggy, dressed to advantage, dressed to kill, dressed up, elegant, en grande tenue, endimanche, expurgated, exquisite, genteel, gussied up, in full dress, in full feather, in high feather, in tails, jaunty, modish, natty, neat, nifty, nobby, posh, primp, purged, purified, recherche, refined, reformed, ritzy, sassy, sharp, shipshape, sleek, slick, slicked up, smart, smarten up, smug, snazzy, snug, soigne, soignee, sophisticated, spiffy, spruce up, straighten out, straighten up, style-conscious, stylish, swank, swanky, swell, tidy, tidy up, tight, titivate, tricksy, trig, trim, well turned-out, well-cared-for, well-dressed, well-groomed ... show more.
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