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Synonyms for perfect
ˈpɜr fɪkt; pərˈfɛktper·fect

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English Synonyms and Antonyms1.0 / 1 vote

  1. perfect

    That is perfect to which nothing can be added, and from which nothing can be taken without impairing its excellence, marring its symmetry, or detracting from its worth; in this fullest sense God alone is perfect, but in a limited sense anything may be perfect in its kind; as a perfect flower; a copy of a document is perfect when it is accurate in every particular; a vase may be called perfect when entire and unblemished, even tho not artistically faultless; the best judges never pronounce a work of art perfect, because they see always ideal possibilities not yet attained; even the ideal is not perfect, by reason of the imperfection of the human mind; a human character faultlessly holy would be morally perfect tho finite. That which is absolute is free from admixture (as absolute alcohol) and in the highest and fullest sense free from imperfection or limitation; as, absolute holiness and love are attributes of God alone. In philosophical language, absolute signifies free from all necessary, or even from all possible relations, not dependent or limited, unrelated and unconditioned; truth immediately known, as intuitive truth, is absolute; God, as self-existent and free from all limitation or dependence, is called the absolute Being, or simply the Absolute. Compare INNOCENT; INFINITE; RADICAL.

    Synonyms:
    absolute, accurate, blameless, complete, completed, consummate, correct, entire, faultless, finished, holy, ideal, immaculate, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled

    Antonyms:
    bad, blemished, corrupt, corrupted, defaced, defective, deficient, deformed, fallible, faulty, imperfect, incomplete, inferior, insufficient, marred, meager, perverted, poor, ruined, scant, short, spoiled, worthless

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  1. perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tenseadjective

    a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)

    Synonyms:
    perfective aspect, perfective, perfect tense, perfective tense

    Antonyms:
    defective, blemished, inexact, flawed, faulty, mitigated, broken, imperfect, corrupt, corrupted, irregular, imperfectible

  2. perfectadjective

    being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish

    "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day"

    Synonyms:
    sodding(a), complete(a), thoroughgoing(a), staring(a), everlasting(a), utter(a), perfect(a), gross(a), consummate(a), unadulterated, arrant(a), stark(a), double-dyed(a), pure(a)

    Antonyms:
    flawed, corrupted, faulty, imperfectible, irregular, inexact, mitigated, imperfect, blemished, corrupt, defective, broken

  3. arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulteratedadjective

    without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

    "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"

    Antonyms:
    faulty, mitigated, defective, broken, corrupt, flawed, imperfect, blemished, corrupted, imperfectible, irregular, inexact

  4. perfectverb

    precisely accurate or exact

    "perfect timing"

    Synonyms:
    sodding(a), complete(a), thoroughgoing(a), staring(a), everlasting(a), utter(a), perfect(a), gross(a), consummate(a), unadulterated, arrant(a), stark(a), double-dyed(a), pure(a)

    Antonyms:
    corrupted, corrupt, defective, imperfect, mitigated, blemished, irregular, imperfectible, inexact, faulty, broken, flawed

  5. perfect, honeverb

    make perfect or complete

    "perfect your French in Paris!"

    Synonyms:
    hone

    Antonyms:
    irregular, broken, mitigated, flawed, imperfect, blemished, imperfectible, inexact, faulty, corrupted, corrupt, defective

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. simran

    out of this world

    Submitted by rinat on August 11, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. perfectadjective

    Synonyms:
    complete, consummate, finished, excellent, capital, exquisite, without blemish, not defective, not deficient

  2. perfectadjective

    Synonyms:
    pure, holy, blameless, faultless, without sin

  3. perfectverb

    Synonyms:
    finish, complete, consummate, elaborate, make perfect, bring to perfection

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words5.0 / 1 vote

  1. perfectadjective

    Synonyms:
    consummate, faultless, flawless, exquisite, inviolate, impeccable, infallible, correct, mature, ideal, irreproachable, blameless

    Antonyms:
    imperfect

  2. perfectverb

    Synonyms:
    consummate, elaborate, retouch, develop

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How to use perfect in a sentence?

  1. Siddharth Astir:

    A perfect moment can not be captured, just focus on living it.

  2. Nicholas Pagon:

    This is just great, so perfect for the students.

  3. The LVBP:

    We told MLB that the November 5 license was a perfect opportunity for them to lift the suspension, they responded that their lawyers were reviewing the license together with OFAC.

  4. Elissa Epel:

    It is a perfect storm between changes in environment, loss of social anchors and increases in cognitive stress, and then on top of that, most of us are not getting the quality sleep that we used to.

  5. Jean-Francois Rameau:

    The main thing is you and I should exist, and that we should be you and I. Apart from that let everything go as it likes. The best order of things to my way thinking, is the one I was meant to be part of, and to hell with the most perfect of worlds if I am not in it. I would rather exist, even as an impudent argufier, than not exist at all.


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