Perfect meaning

What does “perfect” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“perfect” is a noun, verb and adjective with 5 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect).

perfect

noun

  1. a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)

verb

  1. make perfect or complete

    “perfect your French in Paris!”

    Synonymshone

adjective

  1. being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish

    “a perfect circle”

    “a perfect reproduction”

    Oppositesimperfect
  2. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

    “an arrant fool”

    “a complete coward”

  3. precisely accurate or exact

    “perfect timing”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University