One entry found for precise.

Entry Word: precise
Function: adjective
Text: 1 meeting the highest standard of accuracy <a machine which takes very precise measurements>
Synonyms accurate, close, delicate, exact, fine, hairline, mathematical, pinpoint, rigorous
Related Words correct, right, strict, true; definite, definitive; nice, subtle; careful, fastidious, finicky
Near Antonyms approximate, round; false, incorrect, untrue, wrong; careless, loose; indefinite, unclear, vague; doubtful, dubious, questionable, unreliable, untrustworthy
Antonyms coarse, imprecise, inaccurate, inexact, rough
2 being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard <gave very precise answers to the members of the investigative committee> -- see CORRECT 1
3 being neither more nor less than a certain amount, number, or extent <gave him the precise amount that he owed him> -- see EVEN 1
4 following an original exactly <a precise translation of the original Greek> -- see FAITHFUL 2
5 of a particular or exact sort <at that precise moment the lights went out> -- see EXPRESS 1