"neat freak" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: neat freaks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} neat freak (plural neat freaks)
  1. (US, informal) A person obsessed with tidiness or cleanliness. Tags: US, informal Categories (topical): People Synonyms: clean freak Derived forms: neat-freakery Related terms: mysophobia Translations (person obsessed with tidiness or cleanliness): 有潔癖的人 (Chinese Mandarin), 有洁癖的人 (yǒu jiépǐ de rén) (Chinese Mandarin), puhtausintoilija (Finnish), maniaque de la propreté [feminine, masculine] (French), maniaque du rangement [feminine, masculine] (French), maniaque [feminine, masculine] (French), pedant [masculine] (Polish), pedantka [feminine] (Polish), czyścioch [masculine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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