perfection

[per-fek-shuhn] / pərˈfɛk ʃən /

NOUN

achievement, completeness

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accomplishment evolution excellence fulfillment ideal integrity precision purity quality superiority supremacy transcendence virtue

STRONG

acme arete completion consummation crown ending entireness exactness excellency exquisiteness faultlessness finish finishing idealism impeccability maturity merit paragon realization ripeness sublimity wholeness

WEAK

achieving perfectness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

failure frustration imperfection inferiority

WEAK

damage deficiency flaw incompleteness uselessness worthlessness

Example Sentences

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He judged it to almost perfection, the ball stopping a foot from the hole.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

"If we only look at his paintings, we see this supreme, sublime beauty and perfection," she told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

He has written about them three decades later and, at only 150 pages, “A Scandal in Königsberg” is a book of miniature perfection.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The goal here is not perfection, but momentum.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

And that’s exactly when the word hit me in its full and easy perfection.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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