perfect - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com

Something that is perfect is complete and without defect or blemish. It might also be precisely accurate or exact.

The word perfect can also be used as a verb meaning — you guessed it! — to make something perfect. (Note, though, the pronunciation difference: PER-fect as a noun; per-FECT as a verb.) It originally comes from the Latin word perficere, which breaks down into per- ("completely") and facere ("do"). As a noun perfect is a grammatical term referring to a tense of verbs describing an action that has been completed.

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: perfect

1	adj v	being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish make perfect or complete
2	adj	without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
3	n	a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: perfect

1

adj being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish

“a perfect circle”

“a perfect reproduction”

“perfect happiness”

“perfect manners”

“a perfect specimen”

“a perfect day”

Synonyms: unblemished, unmarred, unmutilated
free from physical or moral spots or stains; unbroken
not broken; whole and intact; in one piece; exact
marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; clean
(of a record) having no marks of discredit or offense; clear
free from flaw or blemish or impurity; cold
marked by errorless familiarity; complete, consummate
perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities; down, down pat, mastered
understood perfectly; errorless
free from error; faultless, immaculate, impeccable
without fault or error; flawless, unflawed
without a flaw; ideal
conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal; idealised, idealized
exalted to an ideal perfection or excellence; idyllic
excellent and delightful in all respects; mint
as if new; perfectible
capable of becoming or being made perfect; pluperfect
more than perfect; uncorrupted, undefiled
(of language) not having its purity or excellence debased; utopian
characterized by or aspiring to impracticable perfection

Antonyms:: imperfect
not perfect; defective or inadequate; blemished
marred by imperfections; broken
physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split; blemished, flawed
having a blemish or flaw; broken
imperfectly spoken or written; corrupt, corrupted
containing errors or alterations; defective, faulty
having a defect; imperfectible
capable of being made imperfect; irregular
falling below the manufacturer's standard; show more antonyms...

adj precisely accurate or exact

“perfect timing”

Synonyms: exact
marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact

v make perfect or complete

“perfect your French in Paris!”

Synonyms:: hone

Types:: optimise, optimize
make optimal; get the most out of; use best; brush up, polish, polish up, round, round off
bring to a highly developed, finished, or refined state

Type of:: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate
to make better

2

adj without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

“a perfect idiot”

Synonyms:: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter

: unmitigated
not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier

3

n a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)

Synonyms:: perfect tense, perfective, perfective tense

Types:: present perfect, present perfect tense
a perfective tense used to express action completed in the present; past perfect, past perfect tense, pluperfect, pluperfect tense
a perfective tense used to express action completed in the past; future perfect, future perfect tense
a perfective tense used to describe action that will be completed in the future

Type of:: tense
a grammatical category of verbs used to express distinctions of time