accurate

Meaning

Adjective

• Telling the truth or giving a true result; exact; not defective or faulty
• Deviating only slightly or within acceptable limits.
• Precisely fixed; executed with care; careful.

Related

Similar words

• correct
• exact
• just
• nice
• particular

Opposite words

• inaccurate

Origin

• First attested in the 1610s.
• First attested in the 1650s.
• From Latin accūrātus, perfect past participle of accūrō; from ad- + cūrō, from cūra.
• See cure.