Perfect

Adjective

 * 1) Fitting its definition precisely.
 * a perfect circle
 * 1) Having all of its parts in harmony with a common purpose.
 * That bucket with the hole in the bottom is a poor bucket, but it is perfect for watering plants.
 * 1) Thoroughly skilled or talented.
 * Practice makes perfect.
 * 1) Excellent and delightful in all respects.
 * a perfect day
 * 1)  Representing a completed action.
 * 2)  Sexually mature and fully differentiated.
 * 3)  Having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts.
 * 4)  Of a set, that it is equal to its set of limit points, i.e. set A is perfect if A=A'.

Synonyms

 * accurate, flawless
 * expert, proficient
 * mature
 * bisexual, hermaphroditic


 * See also Thesaurus:flawless

Antonyms

 * imperfect
 * flawed

Derived terms

 * future perfect
 * nobody's perfect
 * past perfect
 * picture-perfect
 * practice makes perfect
 * present perfect

Related terms

 * imperfect
 * imperfective
 * perfective
 * pluperfect

Verb

 * 1)  To make perfect; to improve or hone.
 * I am going to perfect this article.
 * You spend too much time trying to perfect your dancing.
 * 1)  To take an action, usually the filing of a document in the correct venue, that secures a legal right.
 * perfect an appeal; perfect an interest; perfect a judgment

Synonyms

 * enhance, hone, improve, optimize

Related terms

 * perfecter
 * perfectible

Thesaurus
KO, OK, absolute, accomplish, accomplished, accurate, achieve, adept, admitting no exception, adroit, all right, all-embracing, all-encompassing, all-out, all-pervading, ameliorate, aorist, appropriate, apt, arrant, authentic, beautify, best, better, beyond all praise, blameless, born, broad-based, button up, call off, cancel, cap, carry out, carry through, carry to completion, categorical, chaste, classical, clean, clean up, clear, climax, close out, close up, complete, comprehensive, conclude, conclusive, congenital, consummate, correct, crass, crown, culminate, cultivate, dead right, decided, decisive, deep-dyed, defectless, definite, definitive, deft, delete, determinate, develop, dispose of, do to perfection, downright, drop the curtain, durative, dyed-in-the-wool, effect, egregious, elaborate, embellish, emend, end, end off, entire, evolve, exact, exceed, excel, excellent, execute, exhaustive, experienced, expert, explicit, express, expunge, exquisite, extinguish, faultless, final, finalize, finish, finish off, finish up, finished, fit, fitting, fixed, flagrant, flat, flat-out, flawless, fold up, fulfilled, full, fully realized, future, future perfect, get done, get it over, get over with, get through, get through with, gifted, give the quietus, glaring, global, go one better, gross, historical present, holy, ideal, illimitable, immaculate, impeccable, imperfect, implicit, improve, improve on, inappealable, incomparable, indefectible, indefective, indisputable, infallible, inimitable, intact, integral, intensive, intolerable, irreproachable, just, just right, kayo, kibosh, kill, knock out, letter-perfect, lifelike, limitless, masterful, masterly, matchless, mature, mere, meticulous, model, mop up, needed, no strings, nonpareil, okay, omnibus, omnipresent, open, out-and-out, outright, outweigh, overbalance, overbear, overcome, overpass, overtop, past, past perfect, peerless, peremptory, perfected, pervasive, plain, plenary, plumb, pluperfect, point tense, polish, polish off, polished, positive, precious, precise, predominate, preponderate, present, present perfect, preterit, prevail, professional, proficient, profound, progressive tense, pronounced, proper, pure, put paid to, put right, radical, rank, realize, rectify, refine, regular, reliable, required, requisite, right, righteous, ripen, round, round out, scrag, season, set right, shattering, sheer, shocking, shoot down, simple, sinless, skilled, sleek, slick, smooth, sound, spotless, stainless, stark, stark-staring, straight, straight-out, straight-up-and-down, sublime, suitable, superb, superlative, supreme, surpass, surpassing, sweeping, taintless, talented, tense, terminate, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, through-and-through, top, top off, top out, total, tower above, tower over, transcend, true, trump, ubiquitous, unadulterated, unalloyed, unbearable, unblemished, unbound, unbounded, unbroken, uncircumscribed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconfined, unconscionable, uncontaminated, undamaged, undeniable, undiluted, undoubting, unequivocal, unerring, unexcelled, unfaultable, unflawed, unhampered, unhesitating, unimpaired, uninjured, universal, unlimited, unmatched, unmeasured, unmistakable, unmitigated, unmixed, unqualified, unquestioning, unrelieved, unreserved, unrestricted, unspoiled, unspotted, untainted, unwaivable, utter, veritable, very, whole, wholesale, wide-open, wind up, wipe out, without exception, without reserve, without strings, wrap up, zap

Etymology 1
From perfit:, from  parfit: (modern: parfait:), from  perfectus:, perfect passive participle of perficere:, from per-: + facere:.

Etymology 2
From perfect#Adjective: or from  perfectus:

Adjective

 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic:
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 完善
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,


 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: perfeito
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, безупречный, ,
 * Slovene: popoln
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: fullkomlig, fulländad, perfekt


 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 完善
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: perfeito
 * Romanian: perfect
 * Russian:, безупречный, ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Swedish: fullkomlig, fulländad, perfekt
 * Telugu: సంపూర్ణ, పరిపూర్ణ


 * Czech:
 * Romanian: perfect
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: fullkomlig, fulländad, perfekt


 * American Sign Language:
 * Czech:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish: idealny, doskonały, perfekcyjny
 * Scottish Gaelic:


 * Slovene: popoln
 * Spanish: perfecto
 * Swedish: fantastisk, perfekt, väldigt fin, underbar, utmärkt
 * Telugu: పరిపూర్ణ
 * Turkish: mükemmel


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 完成式
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: perfektinen, perfekti-
 * French:


 * Japanese: 完了
 * Polish:
 * Romanian: perfectul simplu
 * Russian:
 * Swedish:


 * Swedish: fullt utvecklad


 * Finnish: ,


 * : perfekta

Verb

 * Albanian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: tehdä täydellinen
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:


 * Portuguese: aperfeiçoar
 * Romanian:
 * Slovene: izpopolniti
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: finslipa, fullkomna, fullända, förbättra, förfina, göra perfekt

Anagrams

 * prefect

Adjective

 * 1) perfect

Adverb

 * 1) perfectly

Adjective

 * , flawless

Adverb

 * 1) perfectly, completely

Noun

 * 1) (perfect simplu) preterite tense, simple perfect
 * 2) (perfect compus) compound perfect tense

Etymology
perfectus:, perfekt: