Entry Word: perfect

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 being entirely without fault or flaw <a stunningly perfect performance—not the slightest mistake—won her the gold medal in womenʼs figure skating>

Synonyms absolute, faultless, flawless, ideal, impeccable, irreproachable, letter-perfect, unblemished

Related Words consummate, expert, masterly; classic, dandy, excellent, fabulous, fine, first-class, first-rate, grand, great, marvelous (or marvellous), prime, superb, superior, superlative, terrific, top, top-notch, unsurpassed; completed, finished, perfected, polished; complete, entire, intact, whole; immaculate, unbruised, undamaged, unimpaired, uninjured, unmarred, unspoiled; exceptional, fancy, high-grade, special; accurate, correct, exact, precise; infallible, unerring, unfailing

Near Antonyms deficient, inadequate, incomplete, insufficient, wanting; unfinished, unpolished; fallible; blemished, blighted, broken, damaged, defaced, disfigured, impaired, injured, marred, spoiled, vitiated; atrocious, execrable, wretched; imprecise, inaccurate, incorrect, inexact, wrong

Antonyms bad, censurable, defective, faulty, flawed, imperfect, reproachable

2 having no exceptions or restrictions <living in perfect happiness in the country> — see absolute 2
3 not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it <I have a perfect recollection of that conversation> — see complete 1