Home › Words › P › perfectnessperfectnessperfectness means the quality of being perfect; perfection.EtymologyFrom Middle English parfitnesse; equivalent to perfect + -ness.nounThe quality of being perfect; perfection.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.perfectitude 83% match — Perfection. vs perfectness →perfectional 79% match — Of or relating to perfection; characterized by perfection. vs perfectness →perfectionment 78% match — The act of bringing to, or achieving, perfection. vs perfectness →unperfectedness 78% match — The quality of being unperfected. vs perfectness →imperfectness 75% match — The state of being imperfect. vs perfectness →perfecting 72% match — The bringing of something to a state of perfection. vs perfectness →imperfection 71% match — Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality of being imperfect. vs perfectness →pluperfectness 70% match — The quality of being pluperfect. vs perfectness →