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Another word for accurate

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Adjective

  1. Conforming to fact

      1. Truthful; veracious:
      2. Corresponding with reality or facts
      3. Coinciding with future events or apparently unknowable present realities:
      1. Habitually truthful; honest
      2. Accurate; true:
      3. True; accurate
      1. Exactly conforming to a rule, standard, or pattern:
      2. Quick and exact in sensing and responding:
      3. Exact; accurate; right; correct
      1. Characterized by or adhering to strict standards or methods; exacting and thorough:
      2. Very strict or harsh
      3. Rigidly precise; thoroughly accurate or exact
      1. Most favorable, desirable, or convenient:
      2. Of, relating to, directed toward, or located on the right side.
      3. In accordance with fact, reason, or truth; correct:
      1. Distinct and correct in sound or meaning:
      2. Strictly distinguished from others; very:
      3. (Sciences) Of experimental results, consistent, clustered close together, agreeing with each other. This does not mean that they cluster near the true, correct, or accurate value.
      1. Engaging in sex only with one's spouse or only with one's partner in a sexual relationship.
      2. Adhering firmly and devotedly, as to a person, cause, or idea; loyal.
      3. Dependable; reliable:
      1. Characterized by accurate measurements or inferences with small margins of error; not approximate:
      2. Being the very (one specified or understood)
      3. Strictly and completely in accord with fact; not deviating from truth or reality:
      1. Conforming or adhering to an established standard; proper
      2. Conforming to standards; proper:
      3. Conforming to fact or logic; true, accurate, right, or free from errors
    See also:

    true

    real

    honest

    correct

  2. Having no errors

    See also:

    true

    correct

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Another word for accurate

Modifier

  1. Free from error

    Antonyms:

  2. Characterized by precision

    Antonyms:

Synonym Study

  • Precise suggests minute accuracy of detail and often connotes a finicky or overly fastidious attitude precise in all his habits
  • Exact stresses perfect conformity to fact, truth, or some standard the exact time, an exact quotation
  • Correct connotes little more than absence of error a correct answer or adherence to a conventional standard correct behavior
  • Accurate implies a positive exercise of care to obtain conformity with fact or truth an accurate account of the events
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Sentence Examples

  • But I'm not sure there's any accurate way of proving that one way or the other.

  • Had he been abstaining so he could get an accurate test?

  • Obtaining accurate and timely information continued to be our Achilles heel.

  • If he hadn't been so accurate, it might have been amusing.

  • When she returns from a walk and tells some one about it, her descriptions are accurate and vivid.

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