exact

adj

1. accurate, precise, close, faithful, in conformity, in accordance or agreement; correct, unerring, Inf. on the mark, on target, on the money, Inf. right on, Sl. spot on, on the button, on the dot, Inf. on the nose, Sl. on the beam; right, just, true, truthful, veracious; factual, actual, strict, literal, true to life; authentic, real, sound, valid; flawless, faultless, perfect, defectless, errorless.

2. careful, meticulous, punctilious, scrupulous, conscientious; particular, finical, finicky, fussy; minute, detailed, thorough, nice, scientific, methodical, mathematical; critical, demanding, fastidious; strict, rigorous, severe, rigid, unbending, unyielding, ungiving.

v

3. demand, require, compel, insist on or upon, command, enjoin; call for, necessitate, tax, Obs. task; requisition, request, ask.

4. wring, wrest, Law. extort, Inf. bleed, extract, squeeze, get out of, take forcibly; elicit, draw out, pry out; shake down, Inf. put the bite or squeeze or shake on, put the arm on [s.o.], Sl. lean against or on.