Perfect definition
Perfect is an adjective meaning "being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish." It has 5 meanings, as an adjective, a noun and a verb, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- adjective, noun, verb
- Syllables
- 2
- Letters
- 7
- How common
- Everyday word
Perfect as an adjective
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
"a perfect circle"
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
"a perfect idiot"
Same sense: complete, pure, gross, staring, stark, thorough, utter, everlasting
precisely accurate or exact
"perfect timing"
Perfect as a noun
a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
Same sense: perfect tense, perfective tense, perfective
Perfect as a verb
make perfect or complete
"perfect your French in Paris!"
Same sense: hone
Synonyms and antonyms
- complete definition
- pure
- gross
- staring
- stark
- thorough
- utter
- everlasting
- perfect tense
- perfective tense
- perfective
- hone
Opposite: imperfect.
How to say perfect
Perfect has 2 syllables and rhymes with respect. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with perfect
- respect
- effect
- expect
- subject
- protect
- direct
- correct
- affect
- checked
- suspect
- select
- aspect
PERFECT in word games
- Scrabble
- 14
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Anagrams
- 1
Is PERFECT a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check PERFECT in the word checker, or unscramble PERFECT to see its 1 anagram and the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.