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

The team at Vienna Institute of Technology, led by physicist Thorsten Schumm, spent over 15 years perfecting the recipe for a crystal that could be used for a nuclear clock. — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026

Every persuasion surface the industry spent 30 years perfecting sits on a journey the customer no longer takes. — Himanshu Sinha, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Sophie Darlington has been filming big African cats since the ‘90s and is still perfecting new ways to tell visually authentic stories of the Animal Kingdom. — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 19 Aug. 2026

Whitey’s Jolly Kone has spent decades perfecting every menu item and the proof is in the flavor. — Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026

The key to perfecting these looks was incorporating just one unique silhouette, color, or pattern into the outfit. — Bianca Kratky, Glamour, 6 Aug. 2026

As Plasvic continues, perfecting the texture was one of the biggest priorities when developing Super Serum Skin Tint. — Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 30 July 2026

Le Teint Healthy Glow has the weightlessness of a powder paired with the skin perfecting qualities of a liquid. — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 29 July 2026

With that, his exertions in perfecting his homegrown colony process—the green smoothie for caterpillars, testing procedures for parasites—came into clearer view for me. — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026