perfect
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
Types & categories
- tense hypernym
- present perfect hyponym
- past perfect hyponym
- future perfect hyponym
Sense 2 verb
make perfect or complete
perfect your French in Paris!
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- perfection derivation
- perfecter derivation
- perfectible derivation
Sense 3 adjective
being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
a perfect circle
Related & opposite
- unblemished also see
- unbroken also see
- exact also see
- utopian also see
- imperfect antonym
- perfection attribute
- clean similar to
- clear similar to
- cold similar to
- complete similar to
- down patp similar to
- errorless similar to
- faultless similar to
- flawless similar to
- ideal similar to
- idealized similar to
- idyllic similar to
- minta similar to
- perfectible similar to
- pluperfect similar to
- uncorrupted similar to
Sense 4 adjective
precisely accurate or exact
perfect timing
Related & opposite
- exact similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | tense |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | present perfect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | past perfect |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | future perfect |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | perfection |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | perfecter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | perfectible |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | improve |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | optimize |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | polish up |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | unblemished |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | unbroken |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | exact |
| 3 | also see | Related & opposite | utopian |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | imperfect |
| 3 | attribute | Related & opposite | perfection |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | clean |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | clear |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | cold |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | complete |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | down patp |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | errorless |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | faultless |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | flawless |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | ideal |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | idealized |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | idyllic |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | minta |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | perfectible |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | pluperfect |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | uncorrupted |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | exact |