Meanings
comparative more flawless · superlative most flawless
- Without flaws, defects, or shortcomings; perfect.
The pianist’s performance this evening was flawless.
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[W]hen I write of Sacred ſubjects, I had rather a Book of mine ſhould reſemble the Moon, which, though ſhe be but Small, leſs Elevated, and full of Imperfections, lends yet an Uſeful Light to Men, and produces here and there a Motion that obeys a Heavenly Influence; than a Star of the Firſt Magnitude, which though more High, more Vaſt, and more Flawleſs, ſhines only bright enough to make it Self Conſpicuous.
1663, Robert Boyle, “To the Earl of Orrery, One of the Lords Justices of the Kingdom of Ireland, Lord President of the Province of Mounster, &c.”, in Some Considerations Touching the Style of the H[oly] Scriptures. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLCDr. Peyton, a principal physician, and rich in all the attributes that go to constitute high and flawless character, did all that educated judgment and trained skill could do for Henry; but, as the newspapers had said in the beginning, his hurts were past help.
1883, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “A Catastrophe”, in Life on the Mississippi, Boston, Mass.: James R[ipley] Osgood and Company, →OCLC, page 245Not a single cloud mars the flawless azure; / Not a shadow moves o'er the moveless crops; [...]
1889, Mathilde Blind, “[Poems of the Open Air.] Reapers.”, in The Ascent of Man, London: Chatto & Windus, […], →OCLC, page 140Then he carefully examined the trunk, going over it with a magnifying glass. He found it intact: the steel bands were flawless; the whole trunk was compact into unity.
1911, Bram Stoker, “The Chest Opened”, in The Lair of the White Worm, London: William Rider and Son, […], →OCLC, page 114I'm confident our military is ready to fulfill this mission today. Our troops continue to execute complex and dangerous missions far from home with flawless precision, as we've just seen in the Persian Gulf. Our challenge is to retain the ability to do this as we carry out our entire defense strategy.
1999 January 2, William J[efferson] Clinton, “The President’s Radio Address”, in William J. Clinton: 1999 (In Two Books) (Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States), book I (January 1 to June 30, 1999), Washington, D.C.: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration; United States Government Printing Office, published 2000, →OCLC, page 1Synonyms: faultless, impeccable, indefectible, faultless, ideal, immaculate, impeccable, infallible · Antonyms: flawed, flawful
present singular third person flawlesses · participle present flawlessing · participle past flawlessed · past flawlessed
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveWithout flaws, defects, or shortcomings; perfect.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From flaw + -less (suffix meaning ‘without (something)’).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian бездефектен, безупречен
- бездефектен (bezdefekten)without flaws — see also perfect
- безупречен (bezuprečen)without flaws — see also perfect
Catalan perfecte
- perfectewithout flaws — see also perfect
Chinese Mandarin 完美, 完美無瑕 /完美无瑕
- 完美 (wánměi)without flaws — see also perfect
- 完美無瑕 /完美无瑕 (wánměi wúxiá)without flaws — see also perfect
- 無瑕 /无瑕 (wúxiá)without flaws — see also perfect
Czech bezchybný
- bezchybnýwithout flaws — see also perfect
Dutch feilloos, foutloos
- feillooswithout flaws — see also perfect
- foutlooswithout flaws — see also perfect
- vlekkelooswithout flaws — see also perfect
Esperanto senpeka, perfekta
- senpekawithout flaws — see also perfect
- perfektawithout flaws — see also perfect
Estonian veatu
- veatuwithout flaws — see also perfect
Finnish täydellinen, virheetön
- täydellinenwithout flaws — see also perfect
- virheetönwithout flaws — see also perfect
French impeccable, parfait
- impeccablewithout flaws — see also perfect
- parfaitwithout flaws — see also perfect
German fehlerlos, einwandfrei
- fehlerloswithout flaws — see also perfect
- einwandfreiwithout flaws — see also perfect
- makelloswithout flaws — see also perfect
- perfektwithout flaws — see also perfect
- fehlerfreiwithout flaws — see also perfect
Hungarian hibátlan, makulátlan
- hibátlanwithout flaws — see also perfect
- makulátlanwithout flaws — see also perfect
- tökéleteswithout flaws — see also perfect
Icelandic lýtalaus
- lýtalauswithout flaws — see also perfect
Indonesian tanpa cacat
- tanpa cacatwithout flaws — see also perfect
Irish foirfe, gan locht
- foirfewithout flaws — see also perfect
- gan lochtwithout flaws — see also perfect
Italian impeccabile, perfetto
- impeccabilewithout flaws — see also perfect
- perfettowithout flaws — see also perfect
- levigatowithout flaws — see also perfect
Japanese 完璧
- 完璧 (kanpeki)without flaws — see also perfect
Korean 완벽한
- 완벽한 (wanbyeokhan)without flaws — see also perfect
Latvian nevainojams, perfekts
- nevainojamswithout flaws — see also perfect
- perfektswithout flaws — see also perfect
Lithuanian beydis
- beydiswithout flaws — see also perfect
Māori paruhi, pāruhiruhi
- paruhiwithout flaws — see also perfect
- pāruhiruhiwithout flaws — see also perfect
- takarepakorewithout flaws — see also perfect
Polish bezbłędny, doskonały
- bezbłędnywithout flaws — see also perfect
- doskonaływithout flaws — see also perfect
Portuguese impecável, perfeito
- impecávelwithout flaws — see also perfect
- perfeitowithout flaws — see also perfect
- sem falhaswithout flaws — see also perfect
Russian без изъя́на, безукори́зненный
- без изъя́на (bez izʺjána)without flaws — see also perfect
- безукори́зненный (bezukoríznennyj)without flaws — see also perfect
- безупре́чный (bezupréčnyj)without flaws — see also perfect
- соверше́нный (soveršénnyj)without flaws — see also perfect
Spanish impecable, perfecto
- impecablewithout flaws — see also perfect
- perfectowithout flaws — see also perfect
- sin fallas / defectoswithout flaws — see also perfect
- intachablewithout flaws — see also perfect
Swedish felfri, fläckfri
- felfriwithout flaws — see also perfect
- fläckfriwithout flaws — see also perfect
- fulländadwithout flaws — see also perfect
- makalöswithout flaws — see also perfect
- oklanderligwithout flaws — see also perfect
- otadligwithout flaws — see also perfect
Turkish kusursuz
- kusursuzwithout flaws — see also perfect
Welsh di-fefl, di-nam
- di-feflwithout flaws — see also perfect
- di-namwithout flaws — see also perfect
- heb faiwithout flaws — see also perfect
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with flawless
All rhymes →Cite this entry
flawless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flawless
“flawless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flawless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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