Synonyms of perfecting

perfecting

verb

present participle of perfect

1

as in finishing

to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done

perfected the arrangements for their long-awaited European vacation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• finishing
• completing
• polishing
• finalizing
• consummating
• accomplishing
• doing
• fulfilling
• executing
• improving
• getting through
• achieving
• effecting
• refining
• performing
• enhancing
• amending
• bettering
• sticking out
• carrying out
• enriching
• ameliorating
• shining
• machining
• following through (with)
• carrying through
• discharging
• meliorating
• rounding (off or out)
• touching up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abandoning
• dropping
• discontinuing
• quitting
• forsaking
• deserting

2

as in improving

to make better

an art teacher who seems to believe that you can always perfect a painting with some additional brush strokes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• improving
• enhancing
• refining
• amending
• helping
• upgrading
• bettering
• remediating
• remedying
• ameliorating
• enriching
• reinforcing
• correcting
• rectifying
• strengthening
• meliorating
• revising
• reforming
• rehabilitating
• intensifying
• editing
• honing
• polishing
• reworking
• refurbishing
• fine-tuning
• revamping
• boosting
• fortifying
• fining
• emending
• redrafting
• rehabbing
• beefing (up)
• retouching
• touching up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• worsening
• impairing
• damaging
• harming
• injuring
• spoiling
• hurting
• reducing
• vitiating
• tarnishing
• diminishing
• marring
• disfiguring
• lowering
• defacing
• blighting
• lessening
• endamaging
• flawing
• blemishing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of perfecting

Home bakers keep bubbling starters on their counters, swap tips online and treat each loaf like a project worth perfecting. — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 20 Oct. 2026

Brady and the team have spent the last year perfecting the new program. — Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2026

Take Royal Asscher, the Amsterdam diamond house founded in 1854, which has spent six generations perfecting the art of cutting a stone. — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2026

For Caruso, perfecting the OS means strengthening how value flows back to publishers and TV manufacturers. — Travis Clark, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026

Mother Nature spent millions of years perfecting the maple seed’s gentle spiral to the forest floor and the fish’s swift flick through open water. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026

The rest of the time is spent advocating for their place and perfecting their visual identity. — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026

Not unlike the arsenal of menopause marketing, which includes in its targets women pre- and post-, this exuberance about perfecting our vaginas is aimed at every woman who’s entered the life stage that includes menarche. — Valerie Monroe, Allure, 21 Sep. 2026

How to Conduct a Fair Lineup The story of Ervin Harris illustrates the importance of perfecting lineup procedures. — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026