accuracy

The word “accuracy” has 4 syllables: ac-cu-ra-cy

It's pronounced as /ˈækjʊrəsi/


What is synonym and antonym for accuracy?

In the thesaurus, “accuracy” has 40 synonyms and 22 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for accuracy along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for accuracy

  • accurateness
  • care
  • carefulness
  • certainty
  • closeness
  • correctness
  • definiteness
  • definitiveness
  • definitude
  • delicacy
  • determinacy
  • efficiency
  • exactitude
  • exactness
  • fastidiousness
  • faultlessness
  • fidelity
  • fineness
  • incisiveness
  • mastery
  • meticulousness
  • nicety
  • perfection
  • persnicketiness
  • preciseness
  • precision
  • rightness
  • rigor
  • rigorousness
  • sharpness
  • skill
  • skillfulness
  • strictness
  • subtlety
  • sureness
  • truth
  • truthfulness
  • ultraprecision
  • veracity
  • verity

Antonyms for accuracy

  • approximation
  • carelessness
  • coarseness
  • erroneousness
  • falsehood
  • falseness
  • falsity
  • guesswork
  • impreciseness
  • imprecision
  • inability
  • inaccuracy
  • incorrectness
  • indefiniteness
  • inexactitude
  • inexactness
  • looseness
  • mistake
  • roughness
  • roundness
  • vagueness
  • wrongness

Meanings of accuracy

  • noun
    1. The state of being accurate; being free from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exactness; correctness.
    2. Exact conformity to truth, or to a rule or model; degree of conformity of a measure to a true or standard value.

Example Sentences

  • The scientist double-checked the data to ensure its accuracy before publishing the results.
  • High accuracy is essential when performing calculations in engineering projects.
  • The weather forecast has improved in accuracy over the past decade due to advanced technology.
  • The teacher praised the student for the accuracy of her answers during the quiz.
  • The archer’s accuracy impressed the crowd during the competition.

On this page you'll find 62 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to accuracy, such as: accurateness, approximation, care, carefulness, carelessness, certainty, closeness.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

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illusion

  • Shangri-la
  • apparition
  • brainchild
  • bubble
  • castle in Spain
  • castle in the air
  • chimera
  • cloud-cuckoo-land
  • cloudland
  • conceit
  • concoction
  • confusion
  • daydream
  • daymare
  • deception
  • delusion
  • distortion
  • dream
  • envisaging
  • error
  • fable
  • fabrication
  • factoid
  • fallacy
  • false impression
  • falsehood
  • falsity
  • fancy
  • fantasm
  • fantasy
  • fib
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  • figment
  • figment of imagination
  • ghost
  • half-truth
  • hallucination
  • head trip
  • hocus-pocus
  • idea
  • idolism
  • ignis fatuus
  • ignus fatuus
  • image
  • imaging
  • inaccuracy
  • invention
  • lie
  • make believe
  • mirage
  • misapprehension
  • misbelief
  • miscomprehension
  • misconception
  • misimpression
  • misinformation
  • misinterpretation
  • misjudgment
  • misknowledge
  • misperception
  • misreport
  • misrepresentation
  • misstatement
  • misunderstanding
  • mockery
  • myth
  • nightmare
  • nonentity
  • optical illusion
  • paramnesia
  • phantasm
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  • pipe dream
  • pretence
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  • rainbow
  • seeming
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  • sophism
  • sophistry
  • story
  • superstition
  • tale
  • trip
  • unreality
  • untruth
  • utopia
  • virtual reality
  • vision
  • visualization

falsification

  • act
  • acting
  • adulteration
  • affectation
  • ambiguity
  • appearance
  • appropriation
  • artifice
  • aspersion
  • backbiting
  • barbarism
  • betrayal
  • bluff
  • bogus
  • borrowing
  • calumniation
  • calumny
  • canard
  • carbon
  • carbon copy
  • charade
  • cheat
  • claim
  • cloak
  • cock-and-bull story
  • coining
  • coloring
  • copy
  • counterfeiting
  • cribbing
  • debasement
  • decay
  • deceit
  • deceitfulness
  • deception
  • defamation
  • defilement
  • detraction
  • dishonesty
  • disinformation
  • disloyalty
  • display
  • dissimulation
  • distortion
  • doctoring
  • double-dealing
  • dumb act
  • equivocation
  • evasion
  • exaggeration
  • excuse
  • fable
  • fabrication
  • facade
  • fairy tale
  • fake
  • fakery
  • faking
  • fallacy
  • false light
  • false oath
  • false swearing
  • false testimony
  • false-heartedness
  • falsehood
  • falseness
  • falsity
  • feigning
  • fib
  • fiction
  • forgery
  • foulness
  • fraud
  • fraudulence
  • gag
  • guile
  • guise
  • half-truth
  • humbug
  • hyperbole
  • imitating
  • imitation
  • imposition
  • imposture
  • inaccuracy
  • infection
  • infidelity
  • infringement
  • insincerity
  • invention
  • jive
  • libel
  • lie
  • lifting
  • literary theft
  • lookalike
  • lying
  • make believe
  • mask
  • masquerade
  • mendacity
  • misconception
  • misinformation
  • misreport
  • misrepresentation
  • misstatement
  • mutilation
  • myth
  • nonsense
  • not a true picture
  • noxiousness
  • obliquity
  • obloquy
  • ostentation
  • oversimplification
  • perfidiousness
  • perfidy
  • perjury
  • phony
  • piracy
  • pollution
  • pose
  • posing
  • posturing
  • pretence
  • pretense
  • pretentiousness
  • pretext
  • prevarication
  • pseudo
  • putrefaction
  • putrescence
  • revilement
  • reviling
  • rot
  • rottenness
  • routine
  • ruse
  • schtick
  • semblance
  • sham
  • shuffling
  • simulation
  • slander
  • slant
  • solecism
  • stall
  • stealing
  • story
  • stretch
  • stunt
  • subterfuge
  • tale
  • tall story
  • taradiddle
  • tarradiddle
  • theft
  • traitorousness
  • treacherousness
  • treachery
  • trickery
  • twin
  • twist
  • unfaithfulness
  • untruth
  • untruthfulness
  • veil
  • veneer
  • vilification
  • white lie
  • whopper
  • wile
  • workalike

gaff

  • accommodation
  • accoutrement
  • appliance
  • apprehend
  • apprehension
  • appropriation
  • bag
  • bamboozle
  • beat
  • beguile
  • betray
  • bilk
  • bitch
  • black box
  • bleed
  • bloomer
  • blooper
  • bluff
  • blunder
  • bobble
  • boner
  • boo boo
  • boo-boo
  • boob
  • booby trap
  • book
  • brace
  • breach
  • brick
  • buffalo
  • bungle
  • burn
  • bust
  • captivity
  • capture
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chisel
  • chouse
  • clanger
  • clinker
  • clip
  • collar
  • commitment
  • con
  • confinement
  • constraint
  • contraption
  • cozen
  • crime
  • crimp
  • deceive
  • defraud
  • delude
  • detain
  • detention
  • device
  • diddle
  • dingbat
  • discourtesy
  • do
  • do a number on
  • do in
  • doodad
  • doohickey
  • double-cross
  • drop
  • dupe
  • error
  • euchre
  • exploit
  • extort
  • failing
  • failure
  • fake out
  • fall
  • false step
  • familiarity
  • fast-talk
  • fault
  • faux pas
  • fiddle
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • flub
  • fluff
  • foible
  • fool
  • foul-up
  • frailty
  • fumble
  • furnishings
  • gaffe
  • gammon
  • gear
  • get
  • gimcrack
  • gimmick
  • gizmo
  • glom
  • goof
  • goof-up
  • gouge
  • grab
  • grabber
  • gull
  • habiliments
  • have
  • have on
  • heat
  • hoax
  • hoodwink
  • hook
  • hornswoggle
  • hose
  • howler
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • idiot box
  • implement
  • imprison
  • imprisonment
  • improperness
  • impropriety
  • imprudence
  • inaccuracy
  • incarcerate
  • incarceration
  • incivility
  • indecorum
  • indelicacy
  • indiscretion
  • infraction
  • jail
  • jailing
  • jigger
  • job
  • juggle
  • kick
  • kid
  • lapse
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • machine
  • machinery
  • means
  • mechanism
  • milk
  • misapprehension
  • miscalculation
  • miscomprehension
  • misconception
  • misconstruction
  • miscue
  • misdescription
  • misfire
  • misguide
  • misimpression
  • misinform
  • misinterpretation
  • misjudgment
  • mislead
  • misreading
  • misstatement
  • misstep
  • mistake
  • misunderstanding
  • mitt
  • muff
  • mulct
  • nab
  • nail
  • negligence
  • net
  • nick
  • nip
  • nobble
  • offence
  • offense
  • omission
  • outfit
  • overcharge
  • oversight
  • paraphernalia
  • pick up
  • pickle
  • pinch
  • pluck
  • pratfall
  • preventive custody
  • protective custody
  • provisions
  • pull
  • pull in
  • put on
  • put the arm on
  • put the cuffs on
  • ream
  • restraining
  • rip off
  • rook
  • round up
  • roust
  • run-in
  • screw
  • screwup
  • secure
  • seize
  • sell a bill of goods to
  • sequestering
  • setup
  • shake down
  • short
  • shortchange
  • sidetrack
  • sin
  • skin
  • skunk
  • slip
  • slip of the tongue
  • slipup
  • snafu
  • snag
  • snare
  • snooker
  • snow
  • soak
  • solecism
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stick
  • stiff
  • sting
  • string along
  • stuff
  • stumble
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • supplies
  • sweep
  • swindle
  • tab
  • tackle
  • tag
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • take prisoner
  • take to the cleaners
  • tease
  • thimblerig
  • thingamajig
  • tools
  • toss in jail
  • transgression
  • trespass
  • trick
  • trip
  • utensils
  • venial sin
  • vice
  • victimize
  • violation
  • whatchamacallit
  • whatsis
  • whosis
  • widget
  • wrench
  • wrest
  • wring

veracity

  • accuracy
  • accurateness
  • actuality
  • artlessness
  • authenticity
  • candidness
  • candor
  • care
  • carefulness
  • closeness
  • correctness
  • credibility
  • definiteness
  • definitiveness
  • definitude
  • delicacy
  • dependability
  • determinacy
  • exactitude
  • exactness
  • fact
  • fairness
  • fastidiousness
  • fidelity
  • fineness
  • forthrightness
  • frankness
  • genuineness
  • good faith
  • gospel
  • guilelessness
  • honest-to-god truth
  • honesty
  • honor
  • honorableness
  • impartiality
  • incorruptibility
  • ingenuousness
  • integrity
  • like it is
  • meticulousness
  • nicety
  • objectivity
  • openness
  • perfection
  • persnicketiness
  • plainspokenness
  • preciseness
  • precision
  • probity
  • real McCoy
  • reality
  • rectitude
  • reliability
  • reliableness
  • right-mindedness
  • righteousness
  • rightness
  • rigor
  • rigorousness
  • scrupulosity
  • scrupulousness
  • sincerity
  • straight stuff
  • straightforwardness
  • strictness
  • subtlety
  • trueness
  • truism
  • trustability
  • trustiness
  • trustworthiness
  • truth
  • truthfulness
  • ultraprecision
  • uprightness
  • verisimilitude
  • verity
  • word

falsehood


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