perfecting
Honing to excellence
Perfecting is the process of bringing something toward an ideal state—refining, polishing, completing.
A chef spends years perfecting a signature dish.
An artist keeps perfecting brushstrokes.
The word implies ongoing effort toward excellence, though true perfection may remain elusive: She's still perfecting her technique.
In legal contexts, perfecting a claim or lien means completing the formal requirements to make it enforceable.
Removing unwanted elements
- enhancingIncreasing quality or value
- optimizingImproving to best effect
- fine-tuningSmall precise optimization adjustments
- tweakingSlight adjustment process
adjusting · calibrating · revising · amending · correcting · rectifying · upgrading · bettering
Skill from extensive practice
- proficiencySkilled performance level
- virtuosityExceptional technical skill
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
- artistryExceptional creative skill
finesse · competence · prowess · adeptness · dexterity · acumen · skillfulness · command
Reaching the end of
- finalizingMaking something permanent
- concludingBringing to an end
- polishingSmoothing by friction
- detailingDescribing thoroughly, point-by-point
buffing · smoothing · refining · burnishing · tidying · cleaning · proofreading · editing
Developing abilities through practice
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- rehearsingPreparing by repeated practice
- repetitionAct of redoing
- disciplineTrained self-control or specialty
dedication · perseverance · effort · preparation · study · learning · apprenticeship · exercise
refining
Removing unwanted elements
- enhancingIncreasing quality or value
- optimizingImproving to best effect
- fine-tuningSmall precise optimization adjustments
tweaking · adjusting · calibrating · revising · amending · correcting · rectifying · upgrading · bettering · advancing
expertise
Skill from extensive practice
- proficiencySkilled performance level
- virtuosityExceptional technical skill
- craftsmanshipSkill in making objects
artistry · finesse · competence · prowess · adeptness · dexterity · acumen · skillfulness · command · mastering
completing
Reaching the end of
- finalizingMaking something permanent
- concludingBringing to an end
- polishingSmoothing by friction
detailing · buffing · smoothing · refining · burnishing · tidying · cleaning · proofreading · editing · grooming
training
Developing abilities through practice
- drillingHole-making by rotation
- rehearsingPreparing by repeated practice
- repetitionAct of redoing
discipline · dedication · perseverance · effort · preparation · study · learning · apprenticeship · exercise · routine
- beauty termsmatte, dewy, hydrating, moisturizing, smoothing
- finishingcompleting, finalizing, finishing, done, concluded
- fine-tuningtuning, adjustment, calibration, tweaking, refinement
- growthgrowth, grow, growing, growth rate, increase
- improvementsimprovement, fixes, betterment, enhancement, upgrade
- photo editingPhotoshop, tints, red eye removal, smooth, hues
perfectingbotching
Doing something poorly
neglecting · bungling · slacking · sabotaging · mangling
perfectingabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
starting · beginning · undoing · dismantling · roughing out
- moral perfectionComplete virtue without flaw
- divine perfectionAbsolute sacred completeness
- progress not perfectionValuing improvement over faultlessness
- spiritual perfectionComplete moral and divine attainment
perfection, imperfection, perfectionist, perfectionism, perfectionists, perfectible, perfective, perfectionistic