Synonyms for precise

Synonyms for (adj) precise

Synonyms: precise, accurate, exact

Definition: (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct

Usage: a precise image; a precise measurement

Similar words: right, correct

Definition: free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth

Usage: the correct answer; the correct version; the right answer; took the right road; the right decision


Synonyms: precise

Definition: sharply exact or accurate or delimited

Usage: a precise mind; specified a precise amount; arrived at the precise moment

Similar words: dead

Definition: unerringly accurate

Usage: a dead shot; took dead aim


Similar words: fine

Definition: minutely precise especially in differences in meaning

Usage: a fine distinction


Similar words: finespun, hairsplitting

Definition: developed in excessively fine detail

Usage: finespun distinctions


Similar words: meticulous, punctilious

Definition: marked by precise accordance with details

Usage: meticulous research; punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette


Similar words: microscopic

Definition: extremely precise with great attention to details

Usage: examined it with microscopic care


Similar words: skillful, nice

Definition: done with delicacy and skill

Usage: a nice bit of craft; a job requiring nice measurements with a micrometer; a nice shot


Similar words: on the button, on the nose

Definition: being precise with regard to a prescribed or specified criterion

Usage: his guess was on the nose; the prediction for snow was right on the button


Similar words: very

Definition: precisely as stated

Usage: the very center of town


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