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a person who wants things to be done perfectly or who tries to do things perfectly
I'm a bit of a perfectionist, which makes it difficult for me to finish things sometimes.
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Recent Examples of perfectionist
That’s a meaningful admission coming from a guy who often seems like a musical perfectionist.
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Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
The perfectionist and the goof.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
Typical eldest daughter characteristics include being responsible, independent, empathic, caring, a perfectionist, stressed and anxious, the Cleveland Clinic notes.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Galligani, 55, remembers her mother as a perfectionist in the kitchen who would often scold her more free-spirited daughter for making a mess while cooking.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
Giorgio Armani was a perfectionist in the truest sense.
—Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
This isn't about perfectionists but intentional development across all dimensions of leadership.
—Aurelien Mangano, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
There is far more about his perfectionist’s attention to the details of preparing the show.
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
This Earth sign can be quite the perfectionist, preferring order and discernment over anything remotely vague and careless.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
The perfectionist and the goof.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
Typical eldest daughter characteristics include being responsible, independent, empathic, caring, a perfectionist, stressed and anxious, the Cleveland Clinic notes.
—Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Galligani, 55, remembers her mother as a perfectionist in the kitchen who would often scold her more free-spirited daughter for making a mess while cooking.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025
Giorgio Armani was a perfectionist in the truest sense.
—Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
This isn't about perfectionists but intentional development across all dimensions of leadership.
—Aurelien Mangano, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
There is far more about his perfectionist’s attention to the details of preparing the show.
—Caryn James, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
This Earth sign can be quite the perfectionist, preferring order and discernment over anything remotely vague and careless.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perfectionist
dreamer
Noun
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In January, Zapata will open a flight center near Las Vegas, where dreamers can fly on a geofenced track that winds around the roughly 50-acre property.—
J. George Gorant,
Robb Report,
24 Oct. 2025
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Throughout the 1970s, as much as Nicholson’s rebels or Beatty’s hopeless romantics, Keaton’s optimistic dreamers repeatedly collided with the realities of the times, measuring the distance between what the counterculture thought was possible and what the world would actually allow.—
Tim Grierson,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Perfectionist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perfectionist. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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