kempt

The word “kempt” has 1 syllable: kempt

It's pronounced as /kɛmpt/


What is synonym and antonym for kempt?

In the thesaurus, “kempt” has 34 synonyms and 30 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for kempt along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for kempt

Antonyms for kempt

  • dirty
  • disheveled
  • dishevelled
  • disordered
  • disorderly
  • disorganized
  • dowdy
  • filthy
  • foul
  • frowsy
  • frowzy
  • messy
  • mussed
  • mussy
  • nasty
  • rumpled
  • scruffy
  • seedy
  • shabby
  • slipshod
  • sloppy
  • sloven
  • slovenly
  • sordid
  • squalid
  • tousled
  • tumbled
  • unkempt
  • unsystematic
  • untidy

Meanings of kempt

  • adjective
    1. Neat and tidy; especially used of hair.

Example Sentences

  • Despite the long journey, she arrived looking remarkably kempt.
  • His hair was always neatly styled and perfectly kempt.
  • The hotel staff ensured that the rooms were impeccably kempt for the guests.
  • Even after a day of hiking, she managed to keep her appearance kempt.
  • He prided himself on his kempt appearance, believing it reflected his professionalism.

On this page you'll find 64 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to kempt, such as: antiseptic, bandbox, crisp, dapper, dirty, disheveled, dishevelled.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

uncombed

  • all over the place
  • badly dressed
  • badly worn
  • bagged out
  • beat up
  • bedraggled
  • besmirched
  • blackened
  • blowsy
  • blowzy
  • careless
  • chaotic
  • cluttered
  • coarse
  • confused
  • crude
  • dilapidated
  • dingy
  • dirty
  • disarranged
  • disarrayed
  • disheveled
  • dishevelled
  • dislocated
  • disordered
  • disorganized
  • dowdy
  • filthy
  • foul
  • frayed
  • frazzled
  • frowsy
  • frowzy
  • full of holes
  • furry
  • grimy
  • grubby
  • grungy
  • heterogeneous
  • hirsute
  • in disorder
  • in tatters
  • indiscriminate
  • irregular
  • jumbled
  • kinky
  • knotted
  • littered
  • long-haired
  • mess
  • messed
  • messed-up
  • messy
  • mixed up
  • mixed-up
  • moth-eaten
  • mucky
  • muddled
  • mussed
  • mussed-up
  • mussy
  • nasty
  • neglected
  • out of line
  • out of step
  • out of whack
  • out-of-control
  • ragged
  • rough
  • ruffled
  • rugged
  • rumpled
  • scattered
  • scrambled
  • scroungy
  • scruffy
  • scuzzy
  • shabby
  • shaggy
  • slapdash
  • slatternly
  • sleazy
  • slipshod
  • slobbish
  • slobby
  • sloppy
  • sloven
  • slovenly
  • snarled
  • soiled
  • spotted
  • squalid
  • stained
  • sullied
  • tacky
  • tangled
  • tattered
  • threadbare
  • topsy-turvy
  • torn
  • tousled
  • tumult
  • twisted
  • unbuttoned
  • unclean
  • uncleanly
  • undisciplined
  • unfastidious
  • ungroomed
  • unimproved
  • unkempt
  • unmethodical
  • unneat
  • unorderly
  • unpolished
  • unrestrained
  • unsettled
  • unshorn
  • unsystematic
  • untidy
  • untrained
  • unzipped
  • upset
  • vulgar
  • worse for wear
  • wrinkled

dirty

  • abhorrent
  • abominable
  • abusive
  • atrocious
  • bad
  • barnyard
  • base
  • bawdy
  • bedraggled
  • befoul
  • befouled
  • begrime
  • begrimed
  • below the belt
  • bemire
  • bemired
  • besmirch
  • besmirched
  • besoil
  • black
  • blacken
  • blackened
  • blamable
  • blameworthy
  • bleak
  • blotch
  • blowy
  • blue
  • blur
  • blustering
  • blustery
  • breezy
  • bribable
  • broad
  • censurable
  • chaotic
  • cheap
  • cheating
  • cloudy
  • cluttered
  • coarse
  • coarse-grained
  • coat
  • collied
  • colly
  • condemnable
  • confuse
  • confused
  • contaminate
  • contaminated
  • contemptible
  • corrupt
  • corrupted
  • corruptible
  • cowardly
  • craven
  • crock
  • crocked
  • crooked
  • cruddy
  • crude
  • cruel
  • crummy
  • currish
  • cutthroat
  • dastardly
  • daub
  • debase
  • debased
  • debasing
  • debauched
  • deceitful
  • defile
  • defiled
  • degenerate
  • degraded
  • demoralized
  • deplorable
  • depraved
  • despicable
  • detestable
  • dingy
  • disarrange
  • disarranged
  • disarray
  • disarrayed
  • discolor
  • discreditable
  • disgraceful
  • disgusting
  • dishevel
  • disheveled
  • dishevelled
  • dishonest
  • dishonorable
  • dishonorably
  • disorder
  • disordered
  • disreputable
  • dissipated
  • dissolute
  • distain
  • distasteful
  • double-dealing
  • draggle
  • draggled
  • dreggy
  • dungy
  • dusty
  • earthy
  • encrust
  • evil
  • exceptionable
  • execrable
  • filthy
  • foggy
  • foul
  • fouled
  • fuliginous
  • gamey
  • gamy
  • gaum
  • germy
  • greasy
  • grime
  • grimy
  • gross
  • grotty
  • grubby
  • grungy
  • gunky
  • gusty
  • gutter
  • hack
  • hard-core
  • hateful
  • hazy
  • icky
  • ignoble
  • ignobly
  • ignominious
  • illegal
  • illegally
  • immodest
  • immoral
  • immorally
  • impure
  • inclement
  • indecent
  • indecorous
  • indelicate
  • infamous
  • iniquitous
  • insanitary
  • jumble
  • jumbled
  • kinky
  • lame
  • lascivious
  • lewd
  • littered
  • loathsome
  • locker-room
  • louche
  • lousy
  • low
  • low-down
  • low-minded
  • machiavellian
  • make dusty
  • make impure
  • mean
  • mercenary
  • mess
  • mess up
  • messed
  • messy
  • mire
  • miscreant
  • misty
  • muck
  • mucky
  • muddle
  • muddled
  • muddy
  • mung
  • murky
  • mussed
  • mussy
  • nasty
  • naughty
  • nefarious
  • objectionable
  • obnoxious
  • obscene
  • odious
  • off
  • off-color
  • off-colored
  • offensive
  • overcast
  • paltry
  • perverse
  • perverted
  • pitiable
  • pitiful
  • pollute
  • polluted
  • pornographic
  • porny
  • profane
  • purchasable
  • racy
  • rainy
  • ratty
  • raunchy
  • raw
  • repellant
  • repellent
  • reprehensible
  • reproachable
  • reprobate
  • reptilian
  • repugnant
  • repulsive
  • revolting
  • revulsive
  • ribald
  • rotten
  • rough
  • rumpled
  • salacious
  • salty
  • scabby
  • scatological
  • scruffy
  • scummy
  • scurrilous
  • scurvy
  • scuzzy
  • shabby
  • shady
  • shameful
  • shifty
  • sinful
  • skanky
  • slatternly
  • sleazy
  • slimy
  • sloppy
  • slovenly
  • smear
  • smirch
  • smoke
  • smudge
  • smudged
  • smutch
  • smutty
  • sneaking
  • sneaky
  • snide
  • snowy
  • soft
  • soft-core
  • soil
  • soiled
  • sooty
  • sordid
  • sorry
  • soupy
  • spatter
  • spattered
  • spoil
  • spot
  • spotted
  • squalid
  • squally
  • stag
  • stain
  • stained
  • stormy
  • straggly
  • suggestive
  • sullied
  • sully
  • sunless
  • sweat
  • taint
  • tainted
  • tar
  • tarnish
  • tempestuous
  • temptable
  • trashy
  • turbulent
  • unacceptable
  • unbecoming
  • unchaste
  • unchivalrous
  • unclean
  • uncleaned
  • uncleanly
  • underhanded
  • underhandedly
  • undesirable
  • undusted
  • unethical
  • unethically
  • unfair
  • ungentlemanly
  • unhygienic
  • unjust
  • unkempt
  • unlaundered
  • unmoral
  • unpleasant
  • unprincipled
  • unprintable
  • unrighteous
  • unsanitary
  • unscrupulous
  • unsightly
  • unsportsmanlike
  • unsterile
  • unsterilized
  • unswept
  • untidy
  • untruthful
  • unwanted
  • unwashed
  • unwelcome
  • unworthy
  • venal
  • vicious
  • vile
  • villainous
  • vitiated
  • vulgar
  • wanton
  • warped
  • wicked
  • windblown
  • windswept
  • wretched
  • wrong
  • x-rated
  • yucky

neat

tacky

  • abandoned
  • adherent
  • adhesive
  • beat-up
  • bedraggled
  • bombed-out
  • broken
  • broken-down
  • cheap
  • cheesy
  • clingy
  • coarse
  • common
  • crude
  • damaged
  • decaying
  • decrepit
  • desolate
  • destroyed
  • deteriorated
  • deteriorating
  • dilapidated
  • dingy
  • dog-eared
  • dowdy
  • down-at-heel
  • down-at-heels
  • down-at-the-heel
  • down-at-the-heels
  • dumpy
  • faded
  • flashy
  • forlorn
  • frumpy
  • garish
  • gaudy
  • gelatinous
  • glitzy
  • gluey
  • glutinous
  • godforsaken
  • gone to seed
  • gooey
  • graceless
  • grotesque
  • grungy
  • gummy
  • harmed
  • hurt
  • impaired
  • inappropriate
  • incorrect
  • inelegant
  • inferior
  • injured
  • junky
  • kitsch
  • kitschy
  • loud
  • lousy
  • low-grade
  • mangy
  • mean
  • messy
  • miserable
  • moth-eaten
  • nasty
  • neglected
  • ostentatious
  • out-of-date
  • outmoded
  • overdone
  • pitchy
  • poky
  • rackety
  • ragged
  • ramshackle
  • rattletrap
  • ratty
  • rickety
  • ropey
  • ropy
  • ruined
  • run down
  • run-down
  • scrubby
  • scruffy
  • second-rate
  • seedy
  • shabby
  • shoddy
  • showy
  • sleazy
  • sloppy
  • slovenly
  • splashy
  • sticky
  • stodgy
  • styleless
  • syrupy
  • tarry
  • tasteless
  • tatterdemalion
  • tattered
  • tatty
  • tawdry
  • tenacious
  • threadbare
  • ticky-tack
  • ticky-tacky
  • timeworn
  • tired
  • trashy
  • tumbledown
  • unbecoming
  • unfashionable
  • unkempt
  • unkept
  • unrefined
  • unseemly
  • unstylish
  • unsuitable
  • untidy
  • viscid
  • viscous
  • vulgar
  • worn-out
  • wrecked
  • wrong

uncleanly

  • admixed
  • adulterated
  • alloyed
  • bedraggled
  • befouled
  • begrimed
  • bemired
  • besmirched
  • black
  • blackened
  • carnal
  • chaotic
  • cluttered
  • coarse
  • collied
  • common
  • confused
  • contaminated
  • corrupt
  • crocked
  • cruddy
  • crummy
  • debased
  • defiled
  • desecrated
  • diluted
  • dingy
  • dirty
  • disarranged
  • disarrayed
  • dishabille
  • disheveled
  • dishevelled
  • disordered
  • doctored
  • draggled
  • dreggy
  • dungy
  • dusty
  • filthy
  • foul
  • fouled
  • fuliginous
  • germy
  • greasy
  • grimy
  • gross
  • grotty
  • grubby
  • grungy
  • gunky
  • icky
  • immodest
  • immoral
  • impure
  • indecent
  • infected
  • insanitary
  • jumbled
  • lewd
  • littered
  • lousy
  • messed
  • messy
  • mucky
  • muddled
  • muddy
  • murky
  • mussed
  • mussy
  • nasty
  • not pure
  • obscene
  • polluted
  • profaned
  • raunchy
  • rumpled
  • scruffy
  • scummy
  • scuzzy
  • shabby
  • skanky
  • slatternly
  • sleazy
  • slimy
  • sloppy
  • slovenly
  • smudged
  • smutty
  • soiled
  • sooty
  • sordid
  • spattered
  • spotted
  • squalid
  • stained
  • straggly
  • sullied
  • tainted
  • unchaste
  • unclean
  • uncleaned
  • undusted
  • unhygienic
  • unkempt
  • unlaundered
  • unrefined
  • unsanitary
  • unsightly
  • unsterile
  • unsterilized
  • unswept
  • untidy
  • unwashed
  • unwholesome
  • vile
  • vitiated
  • weighted
  • wicked
  • yucky

Browse the Thesaurus