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Perfect

Brought to consummation or completeness; completed; not defective nor redundant; having all the properties or qualities requisite to its nature and kind; without flaw, fault, or blemish; without error; mature; whole; pure; sound; right; correct.

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Clean 84% connected

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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Clean 84% connected

Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

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Clear 84% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Clear 84% connected

Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

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Cold 84% connected

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

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Cold 84% connected

Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid.

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Complete 84% connected

Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.

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Complete 84% connected

Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.

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Consummate 84% connected

Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect.

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Consummate 84% connected

Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect.

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Down 84% connected

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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Down 84% connected

Fine, soft, hairy outgrowth from the skin or surface of animals or plants, not matted and fleecy like wool

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Exact 84% connected

Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; pr…

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Exact 84% connected

Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; pr…

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Faultless 84% connected

Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish; free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a faultless poem.

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Faultless 84% connected

Without fault; not defective or imperfect; free from blemish; free from incorrectness, vice, or offense; perfect; as, a faultless poem.

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Flawless 84% connected

Free from flaws.

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Flawless 84% connected

Free from flaws.

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Ideal 84% connected

Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.

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Ideal 84% connected

Existing in idea or thought; conceptional; intellectual; mental; as, ideal knowledge.

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Idealized 84% connected

of Idealize

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Idealized 84% connected

of Idealize

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Idyllic 84% connected

Of or belonging to idyls.

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Idyllic 84% connected

Of or belonging to idyls.

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Immaculate 84% connected

Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.

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Immaculate 84% connected

Without stain or blemish; spotless; undefiled; clear; pure.

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Impeccable 84% connected

Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong.

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Impeccable 84% connected

Not liable to sin; exempt from the possibility of doing wrong.

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Incorrupted 84% connected

Uncorrupted.

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Incorrupted 84% connected

Uncorrupted.

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Mastered 84% connected

of Master

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Mastered 84% connected

of Master

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Mint 84% connected

The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.

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Mint 84% connected

The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.

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Perfectible 84% connected

Capable of becoming, or being made, perfect.

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Perfectible 84% connected

Capable of becoming, or being made, perfect.

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Pluperfect 84% connected

More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past actio…

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Pluperfect 84% connected

More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past actio…

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Ameliorate 76% connected

To make better; to improve; to meliorate.

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Amend 76% connected

To change or modify in any way for the better

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Better 76% connected

Having good qualities in a greater degree than another; as, a better man; a better physician; a better house; a better air.

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Improve 76% connected

To disprove or make void; to refute.

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Meliorate 76% connected

To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.

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Tense 76% connected

One of the forms which a verb takes by inflection or by adding auxiliary words, so as to indicate the time of the action or event signified; the modi…

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Narrower term 1

Pluperfect 76% connected

More than perfect; past perfect; -- said of the tense which denotes that an action or event was completed at or before the time of another past actio…

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Manner of action 2

Polish 76% connected

Of or pertaining to Poland or its inhabitants.

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Round 76% connected

To whisper.

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Exact 66% connected

Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; pr…

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Exact 66% connected

Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; pr…

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Unblemished 66% connected

Not blemished; pure; spotless; as, an unblemished reputation or life.

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Unblemished 66% connected

Not blemished; pure; spotless; as, an unblemished reputation or life.

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Unbroken 66% connected

Not broken; continuous; unsubdued; as, an unbroken colt.

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Unbroken 66% connected

Not broken; continuous; unsubdued; as, an unbroken colt.

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Utopian 66% connected

Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian pro…

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Utopian 66% connected

Of or pertaining to Utopia; resembling Utopia; hence, ideal; chimerical; fanciful; founded upon, or involving, imaginary perfections; as, Utopian pro…

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Attribute 2

Perfection 66% connected

The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral exce…

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Perfection 66% connected

The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing requisite is wanting; entire development; consummate culture, skill, or moral exce…

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Synonym 16

Arrant 92% connected

Notoriously or preeminently bad; thorough or downright, in a bad sense; shameless; unmitigated; as, an arrant rogue or coward.

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Complete 92% connected

Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.

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Consummate 92% connected

Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect.

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Double-dyed 92% connected

Dyed twice; thoroughly or intensely colored; hence; firmly fixed in opinions or habits; as, a double-dyed villain.

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Everlasting 92% connected

Lasting or enduring forever; exsisting or continuing without end; immoral; eternal.

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Gross 92% connected

Great; large; bulky; fat; of huge size; excessively large.

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Hone 92% connected

To pine; to lament; to long.

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Perfective 92% connected

Tending or conducing to make perfect, or to bring to perfection; -- usually followed by of.

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Pure 92% connected

Separate from all heterogeneous or extraneous matter; free from mixture or combination; clean; mere; simple; unmixed; as, pure water; pure clay; pure…

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Sodding 92% connected

of Sod

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staring 92% connected

of Stare

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Stark 92% connected

Stiff; rigid.

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Thorough 92% connected

Through.

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Thoroughgoing 92% connected

Going through, or to the end or bottom; very thorough; complete.

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Unadulterated 92% connected

Not adulterated; pure.

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Utter 92% connected

Outer.

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Antonym 2

Imperfect 94% connected

Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.

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Imperfect 94% connected

Not perfect; not complete in all its parts; wanting a part; deective; deficient.

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