PERFECTING Synonyms

• getting higher or more vigorous

• becoming proficient in the use of something; having mastery of

• the act of making a master recording from which copies can be made

• the work of making something smooth and shiny by rubbing or waxing it

• the process of removing impurities (as from oil or metals or sugar etc.)

• put in effect

• to gain with effort

• to gain with effort

• increase the level of

• make better or more attractive

• a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors

• a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc.

• sharpen with a hone

• make perfect or complete

• a whetstone made of fine gritstone; used for sharpening razors

• a tool consisting of a number of fine abrasive slips held in a machine head, rotated and reciprocated to impart a smooth finish to cylinder bores, etc.

• sharpen with a hone

• make perfect or complete

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• having every necessary or normal part or component or step

• perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities

• highly skilled

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• having come or been brought to a conclusion

• come or bring to a finish or an end

• bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements

• complete or carry out

• complete a pass

• write all the required information onto a form

• having or revealing supreme mastery or skill

• perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• fulfill sexually

• make perfect; bring to perfection

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• increase the level of

• make better or more attractive

• any of various plants of various genera of the family Compositae having flowers that can be dried without loss of form or color

• continuing forever or indefinitely

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• before any deductions

• twelve dozen

• the entire amount of income before any deductions are made

• lacking fine distinctions or detail

• repellently fat

• visible to the naked eye (especially of rocks and anatomical features)

• without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

• conspicuously and tastelessly indecent

• conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

• earn before taxes, expenses, etc.

• to make better

• get better

• make optimal; get the most out of; use best

• modify to achieve maximum efficiency in storage capacity or time or cost

• act as an optimist and take a sunny view of the world

• a tense of verbs used in describing action that has been completed (sometimes regarded as perfective aspect)

• the aspect of a verb that expresses a completed action