close enough
Good enough, basically
Close enough describes something that falls short of exact but is adequate for practical purposes: The measurement was close enough—no one will notice.
It concedes imperfection while declaring it acceptable.
The phrase often signals pragmatic compromise over perfectionism, or resignation when further effort seems pointless: It's not what I wanted, but close enough.
Almost but incomplete
- almostShort of completely
- roughlyIn approximate terms
- aboutConcerning or approximately
- approximatelyClose but not exact
ballpark · estimate · similarity · likeness · resemblance · comparable · equivalent · proxy
Meeting minimum requirements
- adequateBarely meeting standards
- sufficientMeeting minimum requirements
- passableMinimally sufficient quality
- tolerableAble to be endured
acceptable · decent · workable · serviceable · will do · compromise · settling · making do
Very close to completion
- hairbreadthExtremely narrow margin
- narrowOf small width
- whiskerStiff facial bristle
- shaveCut hair close
by a thread · squeaker · fell short · on the cusp · within reach · touch and go · razor thin
Expression of apathy
- who caresDismissive indifference expression
- nitpickingExcessive focus on trivialities
- pedanticExcessively concerned with minor rules
- splitting hairsFocusing on trivial differences
technicality · quibbling · perfectionist · minor detail · let it go · move on · overanalyzing · immaterial
nearly
Almost but incomplete
approximately · ballpark · estimate · similarity · likeness · resemblance · comparable · equivalent · proxy · analogue
satisfactory
Meeting minimum requirements
- adequateBarely meeting standards
- sufficientMeeting minimum requirements
- passableMinimally sufficient quality
tolerable · acceptable · decent · workable · serviceable · will do · compromise · settling · making do · pragmatic
almost there
Very close to completion
- hairbreadthExtremely narrow margin
- narrowOf small width
- whiskerStiff facial bristle
shave · by a thread · squeaker · fell short · on the cusp · within reach · touch and go · razor thin
whatever
Expression of apathy
- who caresDismissive indifference expression
- nitpickingExcessive focus on trivialities
- pedanticExcessively concerned with minor rules
splitting hairs · technicality · quibbling · perfectionist · minor detail · let it go · move on · overanalyzing · immaterial
- complacency phraseswhy bother, it is what it is, not my problem, whatever, who cares
- Feedback Phrasesgood job, well done, nice work, great job, excellent
- compromisecompromise, middle ground, meet halfway, give and take, give-and-take
- Imprecisevague, fuzzy, rough, hazy, murky
- math expressionsdo the math, add up, crunch numbers, number crunching, number cruncher
- Precision Levelsapproximate, rough, general, exact, precise
close enoughspot on
Exactly right, informally
way off · not even close · far from it · nowhere near · dead on
close enoughperfectionism
Compulsive pursuit of flawlessness
good enough for government work · half-assed · slapdash · sloppy
close enoughnot good enough
unacceptable · inadequate · falls short · zero tolerance · good enough
close, enough, include, closet, closed, closing, exclude, exclusive, including