Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb spruce
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb spruce
Entailment of verb spruce
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb spruce
2 senses of spruce
Sense 1
spruce up spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up slick up spiff up
=> beautify, embellish, prettify
Sense 2
spruce up spruce, slick up smarten up
=> groom, neaten
Familiarity of verb spruce
spruce used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb spruce
Sense 1
spruce up spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up slick up spiff up
=> beautify, embellish, prettify
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Sense 2
spruce up spruce, slick up smarten up
=> groom, neaten
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Grep of noun spruce
big-cone spruce
black spruce
brewer's spruce
colorado blue spruce
colorado spruce
douglas spruce
eastern spruce
engelmann's spruce
engelmann spruce
norway spruce
oriental spruce
red spruce
siberian spruce
silver spruce
spruce
spruce beer
spruce gall aphid
spruce grouse
spruce pine
spruce squirrel
spruceness
weeping spruce
white spruce
yellow spruce
Overview of noun spruce
The noun spruce has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. spruce -- (light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork)
2. spruce -- (any coniferous tree of the genus Picea)
Overview of verb spruce
The verb spruce has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. spruce up spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up slick up spiff up -- (make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring")
2. spruce up spruce, slick up smarten up -- (dress and groom with particular care as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party")
Overview of adj spruce
The adj spruce has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, smart, snappy, spruce -- (marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat")
Antonyms of adj spruce
1 sense of spruce
Sense 1
dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, smart, snappy, spruce
INDIRECT (VIA fashionable) -> unfashionable, unstylish, out of fashion
Similarity of adj spruce
1 sense of spruce
Sense 1
dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, smart, snappy, spruce
=> fashionable (vs. unfashionable), stylish
Attributes of adj spruce
Familiarity of adj spruce
spruce used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1)
Grep of adj spruce
spruce
spruced up
Overview of noun spruce
The noun spruce has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. spruce -- (light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork)
2. spruce -- (any coniferous tree of the genus Picea)
Overview of verb spruce
The verb spruce has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. spruce up spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up slick up spiff up -- (make neat, smart, or trim; "Spruce up your house for Spring")
2. spruce up spruce, slick up smarten up -- (dress and groom with particular care as for a special occasion; "He spruced up for the party")
Overview of adj spruce
The adj spruce has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, smart, snappy, spruce -- (marked by smartness in dress and manners; "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat")
spruce definition
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