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Exact

Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts.

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Absolute 84% connected

Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promis…

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Absolute 84% connected

Loosed from any limitation or condition; uncontrolled; unrestricted; unconditional; as, absolute authority, monarchy, sovereignty, an absolute promis…

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Correct 84% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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Correct 84% connected

Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; not faulty or imperfect; free from error; a…

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Direct 84% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Direct 84% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

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Literal 84% connected

According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.

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Literal 84% connected

According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.

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Mathematical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to mathematics; according to mathematics; hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical geography; mathematical instrumen…

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Mathematical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to mathematics; according to mathematics; hence, theoretically precise; accurate; as, mathematical geography; mathematical instrumen…

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Perfect 84% connected

Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and k…

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Perfect 84% connected

Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and k…

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Photographic 84% connected

Alt. of Photographical

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Photographic 84% connected

Alt. of Photographical

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Right 84% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Right 84% connected

Straight; direct; not crooked; as, a right line.

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Rigorous 84% connected

Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigo…

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Rigorous 84% connected

Manifesting, exercising, or favoring rigor; allowing no abatement or mitigation; scrupulously accurate; exact; strict; severe; relentless; as, a rigo…

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Strict 84% connected

Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.

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Strict 84% connected

Strained; drawn close; tight; as, a strict embrace; a strict ligature.

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Verbatim 84% connected

Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it.

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Verbatim 84% connected

Word for word; in the same words; verbally; as, to tell a story verbatim as another has related it.

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Verb group 16

Ask 84% connected

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

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Ask 84% connected

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

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Demand 84% connected

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily;…

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Demand 84% connected

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily;…

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Involve 84% connected

To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

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Involve 84% connected

To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

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Necessitate 84% connected

To make necessary or indispensable; to render unaviolable.

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Necessitate 84% connected

To make necessary or indispensable; to render unaviolable.

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Need 84% connected

A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

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Need 84% connected

A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

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Postulate 84% connected

Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to w…

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Postulate 84% connected

Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to w…

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Require 84% connected

To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

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Require 84% connected

To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

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Broader term 9

Ask 76% connected

To request; to seek to obtain by words; to petition; to solicit; -- often with of, in the sense of from, before the person addressed.

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Claim 76% connected

To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

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Demand 76% connected

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Involve 76% connected

To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.

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Necessitate 76% connected

To make necessary or indispensable; to render unaviolable.

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Need 76% connected

A state that requires supply or relief; pressing occasion for something; necessity; urgent want.

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Postulate 76% connected

Something demanded or asserted; especially, a position or supposition assumed without proof, or one which is considered as self-evident; a truth to w…

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Require 76% connected

To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

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Take 76% connected

Taken.

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Manner of action 2

Call 76% connected

To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

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Command 76% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

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Exaction 74% connected

The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as,…

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Exaction 74% connected

The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as,…

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See also 8

Accurate 66% connected

In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact;…

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Accurate 66% connected

In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact;…

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Literal 66% connected

According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.

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Literal 66% connected

According to the letter or verbal expression; real; not figurative or metaphorical; as, the literal meaning of a phrase.

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Perfect 66% connected

Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and k…

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Perfect 66% connected

Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and k…

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Precise 66% connected

Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality.

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Precise 66% connected

Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality.

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Synonym 6

Accurate 92% connected

In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or defect; exact;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Claim 92% connected

To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Demand 92% connected

To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily;…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Direct 92% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Precise 92% connected

Having determinate limitations; exactly or sharply defined or stated; definite; exact; nice; not vague or equivocal; as, precise rules of morality.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Take 92% connected

Taken.

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Antonym 2

Inexact 94% connected

Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.

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Inexact 94% connected

Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.

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