tidiness

UK: /ˈtaɪdinɪs/

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ti•dy /ˈtaɪdi/   adj., -di•er, -di•est, v., -died, -dy•ing. 
adj. 

1. neat and orderly, as in appearance or dress:
   a tidy bedroom.
2. clearly organized:
   Her desk was always tidy.
3. fairly good;
   acceptable or satisfactory:
   They worked out a tidy arrangement.
4. fairly large in amount;
   considerable:
   [usually: before a noun] That car must have cost you a tidy sum.

v. 

5. to make tidy: [no object; ~ + up]
   I'll just tidy up a little before I go.
   [~ (+ up) + object]
   He tidied (up) the office before he left.

ti•di•ness, n. [uncountable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ti•dy  (tī′dē), adj., -di•er, -di•est, v., -died, -dy•ing, n., pl. -dies. 
adj. 

1. neat, orderly, or trim, as in appearance or dress:
   a tidy room; a tidy person.
2. clearly organized and systematic:
   a tidy mind; a tidy way of working.
3. tolerably good;
   acceptable:
   They worked out a tidy arrangement agreeable to all.
4. fairly large;
   considerable:
   a tidy sum.

v.t., v.i. 

5. to make tidy or neat (often fol. by up).

n. 

6. any of various articles for keeping things tidy, as a box having small drawers and compartments.
7. an antimacassar.

• 1200–50; Middle English tidi, tidy seasonable, hence good; cognate with Dutch tijdig. See tide¹, -y¹

ti′di•ly, adv. 
ti′di•ness, n. 
Antonyms

• 1. messy, sloppy.