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precise
adjective as in exact, accurate
Strongest matches
accurate, actual, clear-cut, correct, decisive, definite, exact, explicit, literal, narrow, particular, proper, rigid, rigorous, specific, strict
Weak matches
absolute, categorical, circumscribed, determinate, express, fixed, individual, limited, nice, on the button, on the money, on the nose, on-target, restricted, right, stringent, unequivocal, very, well-defined
adjective as in meticulous, fastidious
Strongest matches
careful, detail-oriented, exact, formal, particular, rigid, scrupulous, strict
Weak matches
ceremonious, choosy, finicky, fussy, genteel, inflexible, nice, persnickety, picky, priggish, prim, prissy, punctilious, stickling, stiff, stuffy, uncompromising
Example Sentences
The pair of satellites are currently orbiting Earth in lockstep with each other, but eventually will separate in a highly precise and technical procedure.
No recall is a positive event, Bratager said, but when a recall has a smaller number of people affected by the outbreak, it’s reflective of monitoring and detection efforts becoming more precise.
In June, his research group reported on their latest findings, providing the most precise measurements of neutrino mass to date.
A hundred years before there was a precise name for it, the symptoms were unmistakable.
But now, scientists at UC San Francisco may have found a more precise way to dial the immune system down.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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