perfect

per-fect · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Having all the required qualities; without any flaws.

  2. 2.

    Complete; absolute.

  3. 3.

    Exactly right; ideal.

  4. 4.

    (Grammar) Denoting a tense expressing completed action.

  5. 5.

    To make something completely free from faults.

  6. 6.

    (Grammar) The perfect tense.

Related words

Antonyms: defective, flawed, imperfect
See also: complete, flawless, ideal, imperfect
Synonyms: faultless, flawless, ideal, impeccable

Etymology

From Old French parfit, from Latin perfectus, past participle of perficere meaning "to finish, complete," from per- (completely) + facere (to do, make). The spelling changed in the 15th century to align with the Latin.