1. (adj)dapper, dashing, jaunty, natty, raffish, rakish, spiffy, snappy, spruce marked by up-to-dateness in dress and manners "a dapper young man"; "a jaunty red hat"
2. (verb)spruce up, spruce, titivate, tittivate, smarten up, slick up, spiff up make neat, smart, or trim "Spruce up your house for Spring"; "titivate the child"
3. (verb)spruce up, spruce, slick up, smarten up dress and groom with particular care, as for a special occasion "He spruced up for the party"