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exact, accurate adj.
meticulous, fastidious adj.

ADJECTIVE

exact, accurate

Synonyms

STRONGEST

actual clear-cut correct decisive definite explicit literal narrow particular proper rigid rigorous specific strict

WEAK

absolute categorical circumscribed determinate express fixed individual limited nice on the button on the money on the nose restricted right stringent unequivocal very well-defined

Antonyms

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ambiguous easy-going flexible general imprecise improper inaccurate incorrect indefinite inexact lenient loose obscure tolerant uncertain unsuitable vague yielding

WEAK

careless false negligent questionable slipshod

ADJECTIVE

meticulous, fastidious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

careful exact formal particular rigid scrupulous strict

WEAK

ceremonious choosy finicky fussy genteel inflexible nice persnickety picky priggish prim prissy punctilious stickling stiff stuffy uncompromising

Antonyms

STRONGEST

careless flexible imprecise inaccurate indefinite inexact lenient uncareful unscrupulous yielding

WEAK

ambiguous false loose negligent questionable slipshod

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more precise

Chief executive Neil McConnell declined to disclose more precise sales data, citing overtures from private-equity firms interested in buying his company.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Some critics view the title as a surface-level rebrand of existing marketing roles to make the work seem more precise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

"Our ambition is to build the evidence for this testing to become part of routine NHS care, so patients across the country can benefit equally from faster, more precise diagnosis."

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

Additional, temporary seismometers and GPS units are deployed to provide more precise data, and gas and water are sampled more frequently.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Partly, it was because he believed that the hand tools gave him more precise control over the fine details of the work.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown