perfect
adjective
• having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be.
• "life certainly isn't perfect at the moment"
Similar:
ideal,
model,
without fault,
faultless,
flawless,
consummate,
quintessential,
exemplary,
best,
best-example,
ultimate,
copybook,
superb,
exquisite,
superlative,
excellent,
wonderful,
marvellous,
beautiful,
sublime,
magnificent,
idyllic,
blissful,
utopian,
unrivalled,
unequalled,
matchless,
unparalleled,
beyond compare,
without equal,
second to none,
too good to be true,
unmatched,
incomparable,
nonpareil,
peerless,
inimitable,
unexcelled,
unsurpassed,
unsurpassable,
out of this world,
terrific,
fantastic,
fabulous,
great,
super,
heavenly,
glorious,
gorgeous,
stellar,
divine,
phenomenal,
sensational,
dreamy,
fab,
fabby,
fantabulous,
awesome,
to die for,
magic,
ace,
brilliant,
brill,
bosting,
unexampled,
indefectible,
• absolute; complete (used for emphasis).
• "a perfect stranger"
Similar:
absolute,
complete,
total,
real,
out-and-out,
thorough,
thoroughgoing,
downright,
utter,
sheer,
consummate,
unmitigated,
unqualified,
veritable,
in every respect,
unalloyed,
right,
fair,
arrant,
• (of a number) equal to the sum of its positive divisors, e.g. the number 6, whose divisors (1, 2, 3) also add up to 6.
• (of a tense) denoting a completed action or a state or habitual action which began in the past. The perfect tense is formed in English with have or has and the past participle, as in they have eaten and they have been eating ( present perfect ), they had eaten ( past perfect ), and they will have eaten ( future perfect ).
• (of a flower) having both stamens and carpels present and functional.
perfect
verb
• make (something) completely free from faults or defects; make as good as possible.
• "he's busy perfecting his bowling technique"
Similar:
improve,
make perfect,
bring to perfection,
better,
polish (up),
burnish,
hone,
refine,
consummate,
ameliorate,
brush up,
fine-tune,
meliorate,
perfect
noun
• the perfect tense.
Origin:
Middle English: from Old French perfet, from Latin perfectus ‘completed’, from the verb perficere, from per- ‘through, completely’ + facere ‘do’.
