consummate

adj.完满的,圆满的;v.圆满完成

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
consummate (adjective)
1.
complete in every detail - perfect
2.
extremely skilled and - accomplished a consummate liar a consummate professional
3.
of the highest degree - consummate skill consummate cruelty
consummate (verb)
transitive verb
1.
a) - finish complete consummate a business deal
b) to make perfect
c) - achieve
2.
intransitive verb
to make (marital union) complete by sexual intercourse - consummate a marriage to become - perfected
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
consummate (adjective)
1.
having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor
SYNONYMS:
accomplished, ace, adept, compleat, complete, consummate, crack, crackerjack, educated, experienced, expert, good, great, master, masterful, masterly, practiced ( practised), professed, skilled, skillful, versed, veteran, virtuoso
RELATED WORDS:
adroit, clever, deft, dexterous ( dextrous), handy, slick, sure-handed; gifted, talented; polished, refined; effective, effectual, efficient, workmanlike; able, capable, competent, employable, fit, fitted, habile, qualified; educated, knowledgeable, schooled, taught, trained, tutored; all-around ( all-round), well-rounded; long-term, old; multiskilled, multitalented
NEAR ANTONYMS:
incapable, incompetent, inept, unable, unfit, unfitted, unqualified, weak; artless, crude, rude; ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient; talentless, ungifted, untalented; ignorant, unschooled, untaught, untrained, untutored; beginning, green, inexperienced, new, raw, unseasoned, untested, untried, would-be; primitive, rough, unpolished; awkward, clumsy, ham-fisted, ham-handed, heavy-handed
amateur, amateurish, inexperienced, inexpert, jackleg, unprofessional, unseasoned, unskilled, unskillful
consummate (adjective)
2.
having no exceptions or restrictions
SYNONYMS:
all-out, arrant, blank, blooming, bodacious, categorical ( categoric), clean, complete, consummate, cotton-picking, crashing, damn, damned, dead, deadly, definite, downright, dreadful, fair, flat, flat-out, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plumb, profound, pure, rank, regular, sheer, simple, stark, stone, straight-out, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unadulterated, unalloyed, unconditional, unmitigated, unqualified, utter, very
RELATED WORDS:
authentic, classic, genuine, real, veritable; constant, endless, eternal, perpetual, undying, unremitting; extreme, unrestricted; confirmed, habitual, hopeless, inveterate; extraordinary, frightful, horrible, huge, main, superlative, supreme, surpassing, terrible, terrific
NEAR ANTONYMS:
doubtful, dubious, equivocal, qualified, questionable, restricted, uncertain
consummate (adjective)
3.
of the greatest or highest degree or quantity
SYNONYMS:
consummate, last, max, maximum, most, nth, outside, paramount, supreme, top, utmost, uttermost
RELATED WORDS:
unequaled ( unequalled), unmatched, unparalleled, unrivaled ( unrivalled), unsurpassed; biggest, hugest, largest; topmost, upmost, uppermost
NEAR ANTONYMS:
littlest, minutest, smallest, tiniest; lowest; fewest
least, minimal, minimum, slightest
consummate (verb)
to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done
SYNONYMS:
complete, consummate, finalize, perfect, polish
RELATED WORDS:
follow through (with), stick out; accomplish, achieve, effect; carry out, carry through, discharge, do, execute, fulfill ( fulfil), perform; ameliorate, amend, better, enhance, enrich, improve, meliorate; machine, refine, round (off out), shine, touch up
NEAR ANTONYMS:
abandon, desert, discontinue, drop, forsake, quit
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