What is another word for exact?

Common synonyms for exact include claim, take, necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, involve.

What is the past tense of exact?

The past tense of exact is exacted.

exact

Q: What rhymes with exact?

Words that rhyme with exact include fact, act, impact, attacked, packed, backed.

/ɪɡˈzækt/verb, adjective2 syllables

Exact means: take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs.

Synonyms for exact26

verb, as in take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs

claim, take, necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, involve, call for, demand

verb, as in claim as due or just

demand

adjective, as in marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact

direct, verbatim, literal, mathematical, perfect, photographic, rigorous, strict, accurate, precise

adjective, as in (of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct

accurate, precise, correct, right

adjective, as in lacking compromising or mitigating elements

direct, absolute

also used for exact

just, precisely, accurately

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Opposites of exact

inexact

What does exact mean?5

verb

take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs“the accident claimed three lives”

claim as due or just“The bank demanded payment of the loan”

adjective

marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact“an exact mind”

(of ideas, images, representations, expressions) characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth; strictly correct“a precise image”

lacking compromising or mitigating elements“the direct opposite”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with exact?29

one syllable

fact act packed backed cracked tracked hacked lacked pact sacked tract stacked jacked blacked smacked

two syllables

impact attacked attract react abstract intact distract enact

three syllables

interact

Show 40 near rhymes

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All 29 rhymes for exact, grouped by syllable

Exact in a sentence

Life is not an exact science, it is an art.CM
Regulus, the dog, waited for the exact moment to escape from his evil owner.Eccles17
I need exact figures, not hand-waving and guesses.AlanF_US
It's not the exact value, but rather an approximation.sundown
Those aren't his exact words, but you get the picture.felidad
You say one thing, and then you do the exact opposite.sundown
She is talkative, but her spouse is the exact opposite and never speaks.SunnyMoon
Translation is an art, not an exact science.carlosalberto

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of exact

as a verb

past tense: exacted
present participle: exacting
third-person singular: exacts
past participle: exacted

as a adjective

comparative: exacter
superlative: exactest