Entry Word: precise

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 meeting the highest standard of accuracy <a machine which takes very precise measurements>

Synonyms accurate, close, delicate, exact, fine, hairline, mathematical, pinpoint, rigorous

Related Words correct, right, strict, true; definite, definitive; nice, subtle; careful, fastidious, finicky

Near Antonyms approximate, round; false, incorrect, untrue, wrong; careless, loose; indefinite, unclear, vague; doubtful, dubious, questionable, unreliable, untrustworthy

Antonyms coarse, imprecise, inaccurate, inexact, rough

2 being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard <gave very precise answers to the members of the investigative committee> — see correct 1
3 being neither more nor less than a certain amount, number, or extent <gave him the precise amount that he owed him> — see even 1
4 following an original exactly <a precise translation of the original Greek> — see faithful 2
5 of a particular or exact sort <at that precise moment the lights went out> — see express 1