accuracy

Noun

Meaning

The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; precision; exactness; nicety; correctness; as, the value of testimony depends on its accuracy.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

correctness truth truthfulness fidelity precision reliability rightness exactness veracity faithfulness exactitude verity preciseness fact evidence
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Antonyms

inaccuracy greek gulf arroyo nebula riddle
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Examples

Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction. Adlai Stevenson II

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining. Saul Bellow

The game of life is the game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later, with astounding accuracy. Florence Scovel Shinn

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy, of dishonesty. Nathaniel Hawthorne

Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking. Wallace Stevens

Speed and accuracy do not agree. Irish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

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