1. Marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits
   "a tidy mind"; "a tidy person"; "a tidy house"
    
2. [informal] Large in amount, extent or degree
   "they won the vote by a tidy majority";
   - goodly, goodish, healthy, hefty, respectable, sizable, sizeable

1. Put (things or places) in order
   "Tidy up your room!";
   - tidy up, clean up, neaten, straighten, straighten out, square away [N. Amer], declutter

1. Receptacle that holds odds and ends (as sewing materials)
   "She kept her sewing supplies organized in a tidy on her desk"
    
2. An instance of tidying
   "this place needs a good tidy"

Derived forms: tidiest, tidying, tidies, tidier, tidied

See also: clean, clean-cut, considerable, fastidious, groomed, neat, orderly, ruly [archaic], shipshape, slicked up, straight, trig [dialect], trim, uncluttered, unlittered, well-kept

Type of: order, receptacle

Antonym: untidy

Encyclopedia: Tidy, George