spruce

Meanings

• light soft moderately strong wood of spruce trees; used especially for timbers and millwork
• any coniferous tree of the genus Picea
• make neat, smart, or trim
  • "Spruce up your house for Spring"
• dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion
  • "He spruced up for the party"
• marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners

Synonyms

dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, slick up, smarten up, snappy, spiff up, spiffy, spruce up, titivate, tittivate