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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

STRONGEST

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

With the help of artificial intelligence, Etsy has built more precise profiles on over 70% of its shoppers, with plans to map the rest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 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

This allowed them to place ancient infections into a much more precise historical timeline.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

To put it in more precise terms, for every thousand Americans, there were 29.5 babies born in 1915; 18.7 babies born in 1935; and 24.1 babies born in 1950.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell