Perfect and Tentative

Perfect

Perfect adjective - Being entirely without fault or flaw.

Tentative is an antonym for perfect.

Tentative

Tentative adjective - Determined by something else.
Usage example: our plans are only tentative at this point and will depend on whether you can come

Perfect is an antonym for tentative.

Nearby Word: tentatively

Both words in one sentence

  • A Lampshade Hanging occurs in Frost and Pegg's Perfect Night In where Pegg tells the audience, "Don't worry, this isn't a sitcom aimed at young people that makes tentative reference to casual drug use but then pussies out by including some punititve moral message."
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