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Synonyms for spruce in English

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spruce:
- spruce; fir; spruce-fir
- spruce; smart; dashing; snappy; dapper; natty; rakish; jaunty; spiffy; raffish
- spruce; spruce up; slick up; smarten up; tittivate; spiff up; titivate

English

Detailed Synonyms for spruce in English

spruce:

spruce [the ~] noun

the spruce

– any coniferous tree of the genus Picea ¹
the spruce; the spruce-fir
– any coniferous tree of the genus Picea ¹
- spruce [the ~] noun
- spruce-fir [the ~] noun
the fir
– any of various evergreen trees of the genus Abies; chiefly of upland areas ¹
- fir [the ~] noun
the spruce

– any coniferous tree of the genus Picea ¹
the spruce
– any coniferous tree of the genus Picea ¹
- spruce [the ~] noun
the spruce

– light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork ¹
the spruce
– light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork ¹
- spruce [the ~] noun

spruce adj

spruce

– marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners ¹
spruce
– marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners ¹
- spruce adj
smart
- smart adj
spruce

– marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners ¹
spruce; dashing; snappy; dapper; natty; rakish; jaunty; spiffy; raffish
– marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners ¹
- spruce adj
- dashing adj
- snappy adj
- dapper adj
  - a dapper young man¹
- natty adj
- rakish adj
- jaunty adj
  - a jaunty red hat¹
- spiffy adj
- raffish adj

spruce verb

spruce

– dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion ¹
spruce; to spruce up; slick up; smarten up
– dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion ¹
- spruce verb
  - He spruced up for the party¹
- spruce up verb (spruces up, spruced up, sprucing up)
- slick up verb
- smarten up verb
spruce

– make neat, smart, or trim ¹
spruce; to spruce up; tittivate; spiff up; smarten up; titivate; slick up
– make neat, smart, or trim ¹
- spruce verb
- spruce up verb (spruces up, spruced up, sprucing up)
- tittivate verb
- spiff up verb
- smarten up verb
- titivate verb
  - titivate the child¹
- slick up verb

Related Words for "spruce":

spruceness, spruces, sprucer, sprucest, sprucely

Alternate Synonyms for "spruce":

dapper; dashing; jaunty; natty; raffish; rakish; spiffy; snappy; fashionable; stylish
wood
conifer; coniferous tree
spruce up; titivate; tittivate; smarten up; slick up; spiff up; fancify; beautify; embellish; prettify
groom; neaten

Related Definitions for "spruce":

marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners¹
any coniferous tree of the genus Picea¹
light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork¹
dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion¹
- He spruced up for the party¹
make neat, smart, or trim¹

Related Synonyms for spruce

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