Meanings
adjectivepicture-perfect (not generally comparable, comparative more picture-perfect, superlative most picture-perfect)
comparative more picture-perfect · superlative most picture-perfect · alternative picture perfect
- idiomaticnot comparableusuallyPerfect in appearance as with the subjects in paintings or photographs, without the common imperfections of real life.
With Swift, Spice, Lively and Avignone hugging each other, it was a picture-perfect visual summery^([sic]) of Swift’s brand: manufactured empowerment, a celebration of pop feminist girl power.
2024 February 12, Alaina Demopoulos, “Romcom ending: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s big night at the Super Bowl”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Translations
Polish jak z obrazka, jak malowany
- jak z obrazkavisually perfect like a photo
- jak malowanyvisually perfect like a photo
Yiddish בילד־שײן
- בילד־שײן (bild-sheyn)visually perfect like a photo
Cite this entry
APA
picture-perfect. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picture-perfect
MLA
“picture-perfect.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picture-perfect. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “picture-perfect,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/picture-perfect.
Source: picture-perfect on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.