English word

Accurate

Definitions

adjective

  1. free from error especially as the result of care
  2. conforming exactly to truth or to a standard : exact
  3. able to give an accurate result
  4. going to, reaching, or hitting the intended target : not missing the target
  5. tending to hit the intended target

Synonyms for accurate

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Synonyms by context

Providing a faithful representation of someone or something

adjective

In accordance with the truth, facts or standards

adjective

  • errorless
  • authoritative

Extremely precise or accurate

adjective

Antonyms for accurate

  • careless
  • false
  • imprecise
  • improper
  • inaccurate
  • loose
  • incorrect
  • inexact
  • faulty
  • wrong
  • fallacious
  • flawed
  • unfaithful
  • untrue
  • erroneous
  • approximate
  • rough
  • unsound
  • invalid
  • unreliable

Opposite of providing a faithful representation of someone or something

  • inaccurate
  • imprecise
  • inexact
  • inauthentic
  • unfaithful
  • loose
  • counterfactual
  • fallacious
  • off
  • unreliable

Opposite of in accordance with the truth, facts or standards

  • false
  • incorrect
  • wrong
  • untrue
  • apocryphal
  • bogus
  • erroneous
  • fake
  • invalid

Opposite of extremely precise or accurate

  • broad
  • indistinct
  • inexplicit
  • rough
  • estimated
  • general

Phrases

  • absolutely true
  • accurately reflecting
  • as it really happened
  • as true as i'm sitting here
  • as true as i'm standing here
  • at length
  • bang on
  • bang on time
  • based on facts
  • bona fide
  • by the book
  • by the numbers
  • completely true
  • crossing the t's
  • dead on
  • de facto
  • dotting the i's
  • entirely true
  • for real
  • going to great lengths