Antonyms for perfect
ˈpɜr fɪkt; pərˈfɛktper·fect

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1. perfect

   That is perfect to which nothing can be added, and from which nothing can be taken without impairing its excellence, marring its symmetry, or detracting from its worth; in this fullest sense God alone is perfect, but in a limited sense anything may be perfect in its kind; as a perfect flower; a copy of a document is perfect when it is accurate in every particular; a vase may be called perfect when entire and unblemished, even tho not artistically faultless; the best judges never pronounce a work of art perfect, because they see always ideal possibilities not yet attained; even the ideal is not perfect, by reason of the imperfection of the human mind; a human character faultlessly holy would be morally perfect tho finite. That which is absolute is free from admixture (as absolute alcohol) and in the highest and fullest sense free from imperfection or limitation; as, absolute holiness and love are attributes of God alone. In philosophical language, absolute signifies free from all necessary, or even from all possible relations, not dependent or limited, unrelated and unconditioned; truth immediately known, as intuitive truth, is absolute; God, as self-existent and free from all limitation or dependence, is called the absolute Being, or simply the Absolute. Compare INNOCENT; INFINITE; RADICAL.

   Antonyms:
   bad, blemished, corrupt, corrupted, defaced, defective, deficient, deformed, fallible, faulty, imperfect, incomplete, inferior, insufficient, marred, meager, perverted, poor, ruined, scant, short, spoiled, worthless

   Synonyms:
   absolute, accurate, blameless, complete, completed, consummate, correct, entire, faultless, finished, holy, ideal, immaculate, sinless, spotless, stainless, unblemished, undefiled

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. perfect

   Antonyms:
   incomplete, meagre, faulty, scant, short, deficient, defective, imperfect, peccable, fallible, blemished, marred, spoilt

   Synonyms:
   consummate, complete, full, indeficient, immaculate, absolute, faultless, impeccable, infallible, unblemished, blameless, unexceptionable, mature, ripe

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. perfective, perfective tense, perfect, perfect tenseadjective

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

   Antonyms:
   defective, blemished, inexact, flawed, faulty, mitigated, broken, imperfect, corrupt, corrupted, irregular, imperfectible

   Synonyms:
   perfective aspect, perfective, perfect tense, perfective tense

2. perfectadjective

   being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish

   "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day"

   Antonyms:
   flawed, corrupted, faulty, imperfectible, irregular, inexact, mitigated, imperfect, blemished, corrupt, defective, broken

   Synonyms:
   sodding(a), complete(a), thoroughgoing(a), staring(a), everlasting(a), utter(a), perfect(a), gross(a), consummate(a), unadulterated, arrant(a), stark(a), double-dyed(a), pure(a)

3. arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulteratedadjective

   without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

   "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"

   Antonyms:
   faulty, mitigated, defective, broken, corrupt, flawed, imperfect, blemished, corrupted, imperfectible, irregular, inexact

4. perfectverb

   precisely accurate or exact

   "perfect timing"

   Antonyms:
   corrupted, corrupt, defective, imperfect, mitigated, blemished, irregular, imperfectible, inexact, faulty, broken, flawed

   Synonyms:
   sodding(a), complete(a), thoroughgoing(a), staring(a), everlasting(a), utter(a), perfect(a), gross(a), consummate(a), unadulterated, arrant(a), stark(a), double-dyed(a), pure(a)

5. perfect, honeverb

   make perfect or complete

   "perfect your French in Paris!"

   Antonyms:
   irregular, broken, mitigated, flawed, imperfect, blemished, imperfectible, inexact, faulty, corrupted, corrupt, defective

   Synonyms:
   hone

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1. perfectadjective

   Antonyms:
   imperfect

   Synonyms:
   consummate, faultless, flawless, exquisite, inviolate, impeccable, infallible, correct, mature, ideal, irreproachable, blameless

2. perfectverb

   Synonyms:
   consummate, elaborate, retouch, develop

How to use perfect in a sentence?

1. Spike Milligan:

   Is there anything worn under the kilt? No, it's all in perfect working order.

2. Serge Ibaka:

   I feel like it’s a perfect fit for me.

3. Deven Choksey:

   The direction of subsidy reduction is perfect but we need more to be done.

4. Tom Robbins:

   The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b) that is the one and only way that the mediocre and vile can be transformed, and (c) doing that makes it that. We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

5. Angela Mitchell:

   There are thousands of doctors in these networks. We're not trying to act like it's perfect every single time.

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