consummate

¹con·sum·mate

adj \ˈkän(t)-sə-mət, kən-ˈsə-mət\

Definition of CONSUMMATE

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>

— con·sum·mate·ly adverb

Examples of CONSUMMATE

1. He plays the piano with consummate skill.
2. <consummate cabinetmakers, they produced desks and chests of drawers that are now regarded as masterpieces of American furniture>

Origin of CONSUMMATE

Middle English consummat fulfilled, from Latin consummatus, past participle of consummare to sum up, finish, from com- + summa sum

First Known Use: 1527

Related to CONSUMMATE

Synonyms: accomplished, ace, adept, compleat, complete, proficient, crack, crackerjack, educated, experienced, expert, good, great, master, masterful, masterly, practiced (also practised), professed, skilled, skillful, versed, veteran, virtuoso

Antonyms: amateur, amateurish, inexperienced, inexpert, jackleg, unprofessional, unseasoned, unskilled, unskillful

Related Words: adroit, clever, deft, dexterous (also 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 (also 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

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