accurate

Correct and close to the true facts, numbers, or details.

• These figures are accurate.
• We need an accurate description of the car.
• How accurate is this report?

Similar words: correct, exact, precise

Opposites: inaccurate, incorrect

Common phrases: accurate information, accurate description, accurate figures, accurate clock

Close enough to the true value or result to be useful or acceptable.

• Her estimate was fairly accurate.
• The forecast was reasonably accurate for the whole week.
• These measurements are accurate to within one millimeter.

How to use it: accurate to within something (The estimate is accurate to within ten dollars.)

Similar words: close, precise

Opposites: inaccurate

Common phrases: reasonably accurate, fairly accurate, accurate estimate