What part of speech is neat?

Neat can be categorized as an adjective and a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. neat is a noun.
  • 2. neat is an adjective.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

Adjective to adverb

  • Adjective
    Adverb
  • neat
    neatly 
  • adjective: neat
  • adverb: neatly 

What does neat mean?

Definitions

Adjective

neat - clean or organized; "her neat dress"; "a neat room"
neat - free from what is tawdry or unbecoming; "a neat style"; "a neat set of rules"; "she hated to have her neat plans upset"
neat - showing care in execution; "neat homework"; "neat handwriting"
neat - without water; "took his whiskey neat"
neat - very good; "he did a bully job"; "a neat sports car"; "had a great time at the party"; "you look simply smashing"
neat - free from clumsiness; precisely or deftly executed; "he landed a clean left on his opponent's cheek"; "a clean throw"; "the neat exactness of the surgeon's knife"

Noun

neat - A bull or cow.
neat - Cattle collectively.

Examples of neat

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Her neat dress.
2. adj. A neat room.
3. adj. A neat style.
4. adj. A neat set of rules.
5. adj. She hated to have her neat plans upset.
6. adj. Neat homework.
7. adj. Neat handwriting.
8. adj. Took his whiskey neat.
9. adj. A neat sports car.
10. adj. The neat exactness of the surgeon's knife.
11. adj. The upstairs "guest suite" is pretty neat.
12. adj. Silkie crosses are great birds, and very neat looking.
13. adj. No one is so poor that he cannot afford to be neat.
14. adj. Keep your room neat and tidy.
15. adj. I want to keep my room as neat as possible.
Sentence  
adj.
Her neat dress.
A neat room.
A neat style.
A neat set of rules.
She hated to have her neat plans upset.
Neat homework.
Neat handwriting.
Took his whiskey neat.
A neat sports car.
The neat exactness of the surgeon's knife.
The upstairs "guest suite" is pretty neat.
Silkie crosses are great birds, and very neat looking.
No one is so poor that he cannot afford to be neat.
Keep your room neat and tidy.
I want to keep my room as neat as possible.

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