word-perfect s correct to the last detail; especially being in or following the exact words she was word-perfect in her part Usage(s) He has a word-perfect memory of the audition: "The producer, who was 93, said, 'There are people here who can sing and dance better than you. Byron was word-perfect in his monster role before he was out of his teens. Roger had picked it off a Pete Seeger record he heard when he was younger and repeated it decades later, word-perfect. Synonym(s) letter-perfect