word-perfect

adjective

British

: correct in every detail

All the actors should be congratulated on a word-perfect performance.

Examples of word-perfect in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Whereas this evening in the Spanish Gothic madhouse of the United Theater, most every song from Melanie’s Hadean pageant is received with near word-perfect communalism. — Matt Thompson, SPIN, 13 July 2026

The writing for this genre-specific pilot brings rhythmic perfection, tonal and structural mastery, and word-perfect joke construction. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 12 May 2026

Then the crowd filled in, carrying the second verse in word-perfect unison. — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 Apr. 2026

The actor David Shields (Masters of the Air, Black Mirror) gives a word-perfect impersonation of Ian McKellen. — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 27 Nov. 2025

Amongst Women, which was short-listed for the 1990 Booker Prize, is a word-perfect, powerfully perceptive depiction of a weakening father. — Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025

Far from insisting the show be word-perfect to the text, the Riordans were very willing to try new ideas. — EW.com, 15 Dec. 2023

Rhymes for word-perfect

• architect
• circumspect
• deselect
• dialect
• disconnect
• disinfect
• disrespect
• incorrect
• indirect
• intellect
• interject
• intersect