Synonyms for precision
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Accuracy — the state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate
accuracy, exactness, exactitude, fidelity, correctness, truth, particularity, niceness
2. Nicety — the ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The state of being precise or exact; especially, both exact and accurate.
Near-synonyms: exactitude, exactness; accuracy
- n. 2
The ability of a measurement to be reproduced consistently.
Near-synonyms: repeatability; reproducibility
Related words
- Phrases
- precision medicine
Forms
- Plural
- precisions → accuracies, exactnesses, exactitudes, fidelities…
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Precision is always used in a good sense; as, precision of thought or language; precision in military evolutions.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- accuracy I started doubting the accuracy of his statement.
- fidelity Take this ring as a token of my love and fidelity.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| precision | falling | |
| accuracy | falling | |
| fidelity | steady | |
| exactness | falling | |
| exactitude | falling | |
| repeatability | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- truth1
- 6 letters
- nicety3
- 8 letters
- accuracy4, fidelity4, niceness2
- 9 letters
- formality4, exactness
- 10 letters
- exactitude4
- 11 letters
- correctness3, punctuality5, preciseness
- 12 letters
- accurateness
- 13 letters
- particularity6, repeatability
- 15 letters
- reproducibility
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (nicety3 = 3 syllables).