picture-perfect
- adjective
- /ˈpɪk.tʃərˌpɜr.fɪkt/
- After hours of preparation, the event was picture-perfect, just like they had envisioned.
- picture-perfect family
- picture-perfect day
- picture-perfect wedding
He was just a picture perfect team guy.
- He was just a picture perfect team guy.
- And this wasn't that picture perfect fairy tale experience.
- You look at him and he's just, he's just picture perfect.
- So they might think that they have the best soil around and it looks picture perfect, but the underlying factors, what is it lacking?
- I mean, I would die to, you know, be the picture perfect family for my son, but it's just not in our cards.
- So the question is, do you think that Instagram account should be picture perfect, photoshopped, curated, filtrated like the top Instagramers on this planet?
- And so you're not from a picture perfect family in Huntington Beach, CA Like everybody thinks you had some shit.
Examples
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And now, on a brighter note, it's been a picture-perfect day here on the East Coast with blue skies as far as the eye can see.
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Seldom do we find the ideal weather, lighting, or other conditions that make it "picture perfect."
Academic text (1993) -
"The scenery was picture perfect."
Fiction book (2002) -
It's like the place is picture perfect and there's nobody around.
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Oh, what a picture-perfect child
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"In front of me, this picture-perfect high school couple was sitting on a bench.
Fiction book (1996) -
A picture-perfect paradise.
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Picture-perfect moment.
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The landscape was picture-perfect, with vibrant colors and clear blue skies.
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She looked picture-perfect in her elegant dress at the gala.
Synonyms
Pleasant to see, hear, or think about
As good as possible and without any mistakes
Very beautiful to look at
Having a nice face or body that people find attractive
Very beautiful and impressive to look at
Perfect without any mistakes or faults
Looking good in photos or on film
Antonyms
How Attractive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Picture-perfect comes from the two simple words picture (a photo or painting) and perfect ('without fault'). The idea is that something looks as flawless as a carefully made picture, so it's used for a place or person that seems ideal and ready for a photo.