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Definition of exact : 1. Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact.
2. Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts.
3. Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict.
4. To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one.
5. To practice exaction.

Synonyms:

lead, take on, mathematical, detailed, round, nice, admit, very, read, real, acquire, fine, conduct, call for, lay claim, take, occupy, select, honest, subscribe to, actively, hold, comminuted, on-target, pack, awful, get hold of, usual, consume, careful, guide, accept, selfsame, assume, choose, particular, make, need, cautious, take in, hire, shoot, demand, flat, organized, refined, slender, lease, aim, little, arrogate, bloody, necessitate, ingest, involve, drive, circumstantial, take aim, consider, withdraw, require, specific, word-for-word, take up, subscribe, spot-on, learn, take away, film, demanding, charter, use up, find, contain, errorless, uncompromising, obtain, painstaking, get together, claim, pick out, veridical, photographic, derive, nuanced, tiny, look at, adopt, come by, subtle, so, systematic, diminutive, carry, have, unerring, severe, small, methodical, full, close, hairline, gain, delicate, study, entirely, postulate, direct, finespun, veracious, bang on, submit, e'er, true, train, hairsplitting, get, provident, minute, rent, strike, reliable, scrupulous, perfect, bring, good, even, convey, remove, pinpoint, contract, fill, e'en, ask, dead-on, thorough, any, engage, awfully, deal, critical

precise, correct, right, suitable, valid, accurate

explicit, literal, authentic, actual, overt, verbatim, prosaic

meticulous, rigorous, strict, proper, definite

lifelike, realistic, vivid, natural, faithful

Usage examples:

• She took it for granted that I meant to say pleasant things to you, whereas I had made up my mind to do the exact reverse.
• Especially did Lipsius seek to lay at the foundation of his work that exact psychological study of the phenomena of religion which Schleiermacher had declared requisite. - "Edward Caldwell Moore Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant", Edward Moore.
• He may have departed a few hours after Lady Dyke's death, as Mrs. Hillmer was not certain as to the exact date. - "A Mysterious Disappearance", Gordon Holmes.