shipshape
adjective
ship·shape ˌship-ˈshāp 
ˈship-ˌshāp
: trim, tidy
Synonyms
- antiseptic
- bandbox
- crisp
- groomed
- kempt
- neat
- orderly
- picked up
- prim
- smug
- snug
- tidied
- tidy
- trig
- trim
- uncluttered
- well-groomed
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Example Sentences
I like to keep my car shipshape. Everything had to be shipshape before we could sell the house.
Recent Examples on the Web Freshly painted wood exteriors, a red door and white trim give the cottage a shipshape appearance. 
Lauren Beale, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2019 Not so shipshape America and European countries condemned Venezuela, after Rafael Acosta Arévalo, a captain in the country’s navy, died in custody just days after appearing in court, having apparently been tortured. The Economist, 6 July 2019 Indeed, Helena Bay’s atmosphere is more shipshape than Kiwi-convivial. Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 17 Jan. 2019 Embrace nautical decor head-on with shipshape accents. House Beautiful, 8 Jan. 2017 Spend your time tending to possessions and get everything shipshape. Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 3 May 2017 The homestead is once again shipshape and at present houses a resident cook and cook's family. Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com, 20 June 2017 Before heading to the Naval Academy, La Jolla senior Dominick Wallace is looking for a shipshape end to his prep swimming career. Glae Thien, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 May 2017 Although the decks show signs of weathering and the engine control room still uses early 1980s technology, the vessel appears surprisingly shipshape. Andrew Lawler, National Geographic, 4 Jan. 2016 See More
Lauren Beale, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2019 Not so shipshape America and European countries condemned Venezuela, after Rafael Acosta Arévalo, a captain in the country’s navy, died in custody just days after appearing in court, having apparently been tortured. The Economist, 6 July 2019 Indeed, Helena Bay’s atmosphere is more shipshape than Kiwi-convivial. Klara Glowczewska, Town & Country, 17 Jan. 2019 Embrace nautical decor head-on with shipshape accents. House Beautiful, 8 Jan. 2017 Spend your time tending to possessions and get everything shipshape. Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 3 May 2017 The homestead is once again shipshape and at present houses a resident cook and cook's family. Jamie Hale, OregonLive.com, 20 June 2017 Before heading to the Naval Academy, La Jolla senior Dominick Wallace is looking for a shipshape end to his prep swimming career. Glae Thien, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 May 2017 Although the decks show signs of weathering and the engine control room still uses early 1980s technology, the vessel appears surprisingly shipshape. Andrew Lawler, National Geographic, 4 Jan. 2016 See More Word History
Etymology
short for earlier shipshapen, from ship + shapen, archaic past participle of shape
First Known Use
1769, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
shipshape
adjective
ship·shape ˈship-ˈshāp
: being neat and orderly : tidy
shipshape
adjective
as in tidy
being clean and in good order made everything shipshape for the inspection Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- tidy
- tidied
- trim
- neat
- orderly
- uncluttered
- kempt
- groomed
- crisp
- prim
- snug
- picked up
- organized
- bandbox
- immaculate
- well-groomed
- trig
- smug
- antiseptic
- spotless
- spic-and-span
- spiffy
- sleek
- spruce
- natty
- dapper
- spick-and-span
- streamlined
- saucy
- taut
- rakish
- systematic
- smart
- straight
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- untidy
- messy
- slovenly
- unkempt
- shabby
- disorderly
- disheveled
- slipshod
- sloppy
- scruffy
- dishevelled
- disordered
- dirty
- mussy
- filthy
- seedy
- sloven
- mussed
- sordid
- squalid
- foul
- rumpled
- nasty
- dowdy
- disorganized
- tumbled
- frowzy
- frowsy
- unsystematic
- tousled
- Cape fennel
- Cape foot
- Cape forget-me-not
- Cape fox
- Cape fuchsia
- Cape fur seal
- Cape Girardeau
- cape glossa
- Cape gooseberry
- Cape grape
- Cape gum
- Cape hare
- Cape hartebeest
- Cape hen
- hepcats
- heph
- hephaesti
- Hephaestus
- hephaestuses
- hephaestusses
- hephaistoses
- hephaistosses
- hephthalite
- Hephthalite
- hephthemimeral caesura