Entry Word: complete

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it <a complete deck of cards>

Synonyms comprehensive, entire, full, grand, intact, integral, perfect, plenary, total, whole

Related Words unabridged, uncut, undiminished; all-out, exhaustive, extensive; full-blown, full-fledged, full-scale

Near Antonyms abbreviated, abridged, cut, diminished, reduced

Antonyms imperfect, incomplete, partial

2 brought or having come to an end <your education is never complete—thereʼs always something more to learn>

Synonyms completed, concluded, done, down, ended, finished, over, terminated, through, up

Related Words accomplished, achieved, attained, compassed, realized; dead, defunct, extinct, obsolete; expired

Antonyms continuing, incomplete, ongoing, uncompleted, unfinished

3 covering everything or all important points <complete coverage of the sporting events> — see encyclopedic
4 having no exceptions or restrictions <heʼs a complete lunatic> — see absolute 2
5 trying all possibilities <a complete search of the computer file> — see exhaustive