Clean-cut

Definition: Clean-cut

Clean-cut

Adjective

1. (of persons) neat and smart in appearance; "a clean-cut and well-bred young man"; "the trig corporal in his jaunty cap".

2. Clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible; "as clear as a whistle"; "clear footprints in the snow"; "the letter brought back a clear image of his grandfather"; "a spire clean-cut against the sky"; "a clear-cut pattern".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "clean-cut" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Synonyms: Clean-cut

Truth

Exact, accurate, definite, precise, well-defined, just, just so, so; strict, severe; close; (similar); literal; rigid, rigorous; scrupulous; (conscientious); religiously exact, punctual, mathematical, scientific; faithful, constant, unerring; curious, particular, nice, delicate, fine; clean-cut, clear-cut.

Crosswords: Clean-cut

Business

Regarding style preferences, industry sources report that, generally, younger customers prefer contemporary clean-cut designs while older customers still prefer more traditional and classic designs. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Albanian

i spikatur (bold, clear-cut, conspicuous, pointed, prominent, protruding, protrusive, salient), i saktë (accurate, clear-cut, close, correct, definite, exact, explicit, express, just, literal, neat, painstaking, Pat, pithy, precise, pronounced, pure, right, strict, stringent, true, unexceptional, veracious), i përcaktuar qartë. (various references)

Bulgarian 

ясно очертан (bold, chiselled, sharp, sharp cut, well-marked), ясен (articulate, ash, ash-tree, bright, clear, coherent, crystal, distinct, limpid, lucid, luminous, manifest, matter of course, neat, obvious, pellucid, perceivable, perceptible, perspicuous, plain, readable, robust, serene, sharp, silver, silvery, Square, straight, straightaway, straightforward, tangible, transparent, unambiguous, unshadowed, vivid), недвусмислен (plain, positive, round, specific, straight, unambiguous, unequivocal, watertight). (various references)

Chinese 

清晰 (Clarity). (various references)

Czech

přesný (accurate, clear-cut, correct, definite, exact, faithful, just, literal, nice, precise, punctual, right, specific, strict, subtle, true, truthful). (various references)

French

accord de règlement définitif, accord de règlement. (various references)

German

sauber (accurate, choice, clean, cleanly, crisp, fair, fresh, honest, housebroken, neat, neatly, nice, pretty, pure, ready, tidy, trig, trim, unpolluted, unsoiled, upstanding), klar umrissen, klar (articulate, articulative, bold, clean, clear, clearly, crisp, definite, distinct, distinctly, evident, explicitly, fair, intelligibly, limpid, lucid, lucidly, manifest, obvious, perspicacious, perspicuous, perspicuously, plain, plainly, precise, rather, ready, sure, transparent, unclouded, understood, unobscured, white, yeah), gepflegt (civilized, cultured, dapper, decent, elegant, excellent, fostered, groomed, neat, refined, sleek, smooth, soigne, sophisticated, Spruce, trim, trimly, trimmed, well groomed, well looked after, well-kept, well-tended). (various references)

Greek 

καλοκαμωμένοσ, καθαρόγραμμοσ (clear-cut), με έντονο περίγραμμα. (various references)

Hungarian

éles körvonalú. (various references)

Italian

chiaro (apparent, articulate, blond, bright, broad, clear, clearly, downright, emphatic, evident, explicit, express, fair, frankly, intelligible, light, lucid, obvious, overt, pale, perspicuous, plain, pure, sharp, sheer, straightforward, vivid), marcato (branded, broad, marked, prominent, sharp, signed), evidente (apparent, apparently, broad, conspicuous, evident, glaring, manifestly, naked, noticeable, obvious, open, overt, palpable, patent, plain, prominent, self evident), ben delineato. (various references)

Pig Latin

ean-cutclay.(various references)

Portuguese

certo (absolute, accurate, all right, assured, certain, clock-work, confident, correct, exact, fit, insurant, jumped-up, o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey, precise, precision, reliable, secure, such, sure, true, well-defined), regular (canonic, canonical, condition, correct, even, formal, methodical, normal, order, post, regular, regulate, sequential, set, smooth, steady, systematic, systematical, tolerable, unexceptional, uniform), preciso (accurate, clock-work, correct, definite, determinate, even, exact, i need, must, necessary, needful, precise, precision, proper, required, requisite, specific, well-defined), exato (accurate, anchored, clean-fingered, clock-work, close, correct, definite, determinate, even, exact, faithful, incorrupt, just, literal, mathematical, pinpoint, precise, precision, prompt, proper, punctual, rigourous, scrupulous, sharp, stringent, trustworthy, truthful, unerring, well-defined), escrupuloso (believer, clock-work, precise, precision, scrupulous, well-defined). (various references)

Romanian

proeminent (beetle, exceptional, pre eminent, prominent, protuberant, remarkable, salient), precis (accurate, accurately, certain, clockwork, dead, decided, decisive, definite, definitely, distinct, due, even, exact, exactly, flat, just, literal, narrow, positive, precise, regular, sharp, sound, specifically, straight, strict, truly, unambiguous), exact (accurate, accurately, by the square, careful, clipping, clockwork, correct, dead, directly, due, even, exact, exactly, faithful, fitting, flat, for all the world, formal, just, just so, narrow, perfect, precise, precisely, proper, punctual, punctually, regular, right, rigorous, scholarly, sharp, slick, straight, strict, strictly, that's the idea, to a day, to a hair's breadth, true, truly, you've hit it), bine conturat. (various references)

Russian 

ясный (articulate, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, definite, direct, distinct, fine, lucid, matter of course, obvious, pellucid, perspicuous, pronounced, self-explanatory, unshadowed, vivid), резко очерченный (sharp-cut), опрятный (clean, dapper, natty, neat, tidy, trig), определенный (any one, certain, decided, def, definite, determinate, express, positive, precise, routine, spec specific, specif specific, unequivocal). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

uredan (neat, orderly, shipshape, taut, tidy), tačan (accurate, correct, exact, just, pinpoint, precise, punctual, veracious), određen (certain, decided, definite, explicit, given, rated, set, sharp cut, specified). (various references)

Spanish

claro (apparent, break, bright, bright interval, broad, celestial, clear, clear-cut, clearing, clearly, crystal clear, dainty, definite, direct, discharged, distinct, evident, fair, gap, glade, it is clear, light, lightsome, liquid, obvious, of course, opening, pellucid, plain, precise, rift, sure, thin, transparent, unshadowed, weak), de buen parecer, bien definido (clear-cut, self-explanatory, well-defined). (various references)

Swedish

skarpt skuren (clear-cut). (various references)

Thai

ชั�"เจน (apparent, apparently, articulate, bold, clear, lively, luculent, obvious, tangible), ที่ประ�"ีต. (various references)

Turkish

pürüzsüz (fluently, glabrous, glare, glazed, sleek, smooth), kesin (absolute, accurate, assertive, categorical, certain, cheese it, clear-cut, conclusive, decided, decisive, declared, definite, definitive, determined, dogmatic, downright, exact, express, extreme, final, firm, flat, frozen, implicit, indisputable, indubitable, irreversible, irrevocable, mathematical, ocular, outright, peremptory, point blank, pointed, precise, pronounced, rigid, rigorous, round, safe, scientific, specific, spot-on, Square, stark, sure, sure as death, unambiguous, uncompromising, undoubted, unquestionable, unquestioned, unquestioning, utter), iç açıcı, hoş (affable, agreeable, beautiful, bonny, canny, charming, congenial, debonair, debonaire, delectable, delicious, delightful, desirable, elegant, enjoyable, fine, fragrant, handsome, jolly, kind, kindly, likable, likeable, lovable, lovely, nice, nicely, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prettily, pretty, sapid, smart, smooth, suave, subtile, subtle, sweetly, tuneful, well, winning, winsome), düzenli (coordinate, dainty, equal, even, harmonious, in good trim, in order, methodical, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, regular, right, settled, snug, stated, steady, systematic, systematical, tidy), biçimli (beautiful, clear-cut, figurate, shaped, shapely, sleek, trim, well-cut, well-proportioned, well-shaped), açık (aboveground, apparent, articulate, avowed, bare, blank, broad, candid, categorical, clear, clear-cut, cloudless, confessed, decided, declared, decollete, deficiency, deficient, deficient amount, deficit, definite, definitive, direct, distinct, downright, evident, expansive, explicit, exposed, express, expressly, fair, forthright, free, gaping, hospitable, in blank, light, loose, lucent, lucid, luminous, obvious, open, open air, open ended, outdoor, outright, overt, pale, patent, perspicuous, plain, point blank, precise, raw, revealing, round, serene, shadowless, shirt-sleeve, shortage, shortfall, spread, Square, straightforward, swinging, translucent, unambiguous, unashamed, unclouded, uncomplicated, unconcealed, uncovered, uncrossed, undisguised, unequivocal, unlocked, unmistakable, unobstructed, unprotected, unsealed, upfront, vacant, visible, well-marked, wide open, wishywashy). (various references)

Ukrainian

ясний (articulate, categorical, clear, cloudless, coherent, definite, determinate, distinct, elegant, explicative, explicatory, fine, limpid, lucid, neat, nude, obvious, orotund, pellucid, perspicuous, plain, robust, trenchant), різко окреслений, точний (accurate, austere, business-like, careful, clockwork, definite, definitive, exact, explicit, mathematical, nice, perfect, pointed, positive, precise, punctual, rigorous, specific, strict, trustworthy, truthful, unerring), при�"мний (acceptable, agreeable, amiable, balmy, beautiful, boon, canny, complimentary, couth, cozy, cushy, delectable, dulcet, easy, enjoyable, glad, good, goodly, graceful, grateful, jocund, kindly, lepid, nice, nutty, palatable, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, prepossessing, pretty, redolent, satisfactory, tasty, welcome, yummy), привабливий (alluring, amiable, appealing, appetible, appetizing, arresting, attractable, attractive, canny, captivating, catching, catchy, compelling, engaging, fetching, gash, likable, likeable, lovable, nice-looking, pleasing, rose colored, rose coloured, specious, well favored, well-favoured, winning, winsome), певний (bound, certain, decided, definite, determinate, explicit, express, formed, positive, precise, set). (various references)

Vietnamese 

rõ r� ng; sáng sủa. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: accent, cancel, cantle, cental, cuneal, eluant, lacune, lancet, launce, lucent, lunate, unlace.

-3 letters: acute, cecal, centu, clean, cleat, culet, eclat, enact, lance, laten, leant, lunet, lutea, ulnae, uncle, unlet.

-4 letters: acne, alec, ante, aunt, cane, cant, cate, caul, ceca, celt, cent, clan, clue, cult, cute, elan, etna, lace, lane, late, lean, lent, luce.

+1 letter: accentual, inculcate.

+2 letters: conceptual, inculcated, inculcates, reluctance, reluctancy.

+3 letters: acaulescent, accentually, accountable, conjectural, reluctances, uncatchable, untechnical.

+4 letters: conceptually, conduplicate, counterclaim, inaccurately, reluctancies, translucence, translucency, unacceptable, unacceptably, unacclimated, uncalculated, uncirculated, uncomplacent.

+5 letters: acquiescently, coeducational, conceptualise, conceptualism, conceptualist, conceptuality, conceptualize, conjecturally, consultancies, counterclaims, nonconceptual, recalculating, recalculation, recirculating, recirculation, translucences, unaccountable, uncomplicated, uncorrectable, undialectical, unspectacular, vulcanicities.