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ighteous, holy, faultless, flawless, spotless, immaculate:
Nobody's perfect. 4 fitting, appropriate, (just) right, apt,
suitable, correct, proper, made-to-order, best, Brit spot on:
Arthur would be perfect for the role of Quasimodo. 5 precise,
exact, accurate, correct, unerring, true, authentic, lifelike,
right on, excellent, superlative, superb, reliable, Brit spot
on: These copies are perfect replicas of the original. 6
utter, absolute, complete, mere, thorough, out-and-out,
through-and-through; 24-carat, categorical, unqualified,
unalloyed, unmitigated: We were perfect strangers at the time.
Once again, he's shown himself to be a perfect idiot. 7 expert,
proficient, accomplished, experienced, practised, skilful,
skilled, gifted, talented, adept, deft, adroit, polished,
professional, masterly, masterful: The admirable Crichton was
the perfect butler.
--v. 8 complete, finish, realize, fulfil, consummate,
accomplish, achieve, effect, execute, carry out or through,
bring (to perfection): The design of the bicycle was not to be
perfected for several years. 9 rectify, correct, emend, (put or
set) right, improve, refine, polish, cultivate, better,
ameliorate: Viniculture has been perfected in the Bordeaux
region of France.
perfection
n. 1 purity, flawlessness, faultlessness, sublimity,
superiority, excellence, pre-eminence, transcendence: Though we
strive for perfection, we never can achieve it. 2 completion,
completeness, achievement, fulfilment, realization,
consummation, accomplishment, attainment: The building doesn't
reach perfection till the last roof-tile is in place. 3 ideal,
paragon, model, archetype, pattern, mould, standard,
idealization, essence, quintessence, acme, pinnacle, summit:
Machiavelli probably achieved the perfection of political
cunning.
perfectionist
n. 1 purist, pedant, precisian, precisionist, stickler, Colloq
fusspot, US fuss-budget: The foreman is such a perfectionist
that there's no satisfying him.
--adj. 2 meticulous, precise, punctilious, scrupulous,
exacting, particular, demanding, fastidious, fussy; obsessive;