1. Being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
   "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day"; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"
    
2. Total or absolute (intensifier, usually emphasizing negative qualities)
   "a perfect idiot";
   - arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, pure, sodding [Brit, informal], stark, staring, thorough, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated, rigorous, total
    
3. Precisely accurate or exact
   "perfect timing"
    
4. (biology) sexually mature and fully differentiated
   "The perfect stage of an insect"
    
5. (botany) having both male (stamens) and female (carpels) parts
   "That tomato plant has perfect flowers, so it can self-pollinate"

1. Make perfect or complete
   "perfect your French in Paris!";
   - hone

1. A tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)
   "In English, 'I have eaten' is an example of the perfect tense";
   - perfective, perfective tense, perfect tense

Derived forms: perfects, perfected, perfecting

See also: clean, clear, cold, complete, consummate, down, down pat [informal], errorless, exact, faultless, flawless, flawlessness, ideal, idealised [Brit], idealized, idyllic, immaculate, impeccable, incorrupted, mint, ne plus ultra, perfectible, perfection, pluperfect, unblemished, unbroken, uncorrupted, undefiled, unflawed, unmarred, unmitigated, utopian

Type of: ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate, mend, tense

Antonym: imperfect

Encyclopedia: Perfect, William