A very clean person can be described with several terms depending on connotation. Positive terms include neat freak in informal but often affectionate sense, clean freak, tidy person, meticulous person, fastidious person, and orderly person. More formal terms include hygienic person, sanitary conscious person, or someone who is immaculate. If the cleanliness is extreme and focused on order, terms like perfectionist or detail oriented may apply. In psychology, if cleaning is compulsive and causes distress, the term might be associated with obsessive compulsive tendencies, but that is a clinical term and should not be used casually. Informally, people might say neatnik, clean nut, or germaphobe if focused on germs. Positive professional terms include houseproud person if they take pride in a clean home. The most respectful general term is someone who is very tidy, very neat, or very hygienic, emphasizing their preference for cleanliness without judgment. Choosing term depends on whether you mean admirably clean or excessively clean.
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