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ighteous, holy, faultless, flawless, spotless, immaculate:<br />

Nobody's perfect. 4 fitting, appropriate, (just) right, apt,<br />

suitable, correct, proper, made-to-order, best, Brit spot on:<br />

Arthur would be perfect for the role of Quasimodo. 5 precise,<br />

exact, accurate, correct, unerring, true, authentic, lifelike,<br />

right on, excellent, superlative, superb, reliable, Brit spot<br />

on: These copies are perfect replicas of the original. 6<br />

utter, absolute, complete, mere, thorough, out-and-out,<br />

through-and-through; 24-carat, categorical, unqualified,<br />

unalloyed, unmitigated: We were perfect strangers at the time.<br />

Once again, he's shown himself to be a perfect idiot. 7 expert,<br />

proficient, accomplished, experienced, practised, skilful,<br />

skilled, gifted, talented, adept, deft, adroit, polished,<br />

professional, masterly, masterful: The admirable Crichton was<br />

the perfect butler.<br />

--v. 8 complete, finish, realize, fulfil, consummate,<br />

accomplish, achieve, effect, execute, carry out or through,<br />

bring (to perfection): The design of the bicycle was not to be<br />

perfected for several years. 9 rectify, correct, emend, (put or<br />

set) right, improve, refine, polish, cultivate, better,<br />

ameliorate: Viniculture has been perfected in the Bordeaux<br />

region of France.<br />

perfection<br />

n. 1 purity, flawlessness, faultlessness, sublimity,<br />

superiority, excellence, pre-eminence, transcendence: Though we<br />

strive for perfection, we never can achieve it. 2 completion,<br />

completeness, achievement, fulfilment, realization,<br />

consummation, accomplishment, attainment: The building doesn't<br />

reach perfection till the last roof-tile is in place. 3 ideal,<br />

paragon, model, archetype, pattern, mould, standard,<br />

idealization, essence, quintessence, acme, pinnacle, summit:<br />

Machiavelli probably achieved the perfection of political<br />

cunning.<br />

perfectionist<br />

n. 1 purist, pedant, precisian, precisionist, stickler, Colloq<br />

fusspot, US fuss-budget: The foreman is such a perfectionist<br />

that there's no satisfying him.<br />

--adj. 2 meticulous, precise, punctilious, scrupulous,<br />

exacting, particular, demanding, fastidious, fussy; obsessive;

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