Synonyms of consummate

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adjective

ˈkän(t)-sə-mət 

1

as in skilled

having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor

consummate cabinetmakers, they produced desks and chests of drawers that are now regarded as masterpieces of American furniture

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skilled
• skillful
• adept
• proficient
• experienced
• expert
• good
• virtuoso
• accomplished
• practiced
• great
• masterful
• master
• veteran
• complete
• professed
• talented
• masterly
• gifted
• practised
• educated
• ace
• crackerjack
• versed
• capable
• crack
• competent
• compleat
• adroit
• trained
• qualified
• efficient
• deft
• effective
• employable
• clever
• able
• handy
• slick
• dexterous
• polished
• dextrous
• workmanlike
• taught
• old
• knowledgeable
• all-round
• effectual
• fit
• sure-handed
• refined
• schooled
• fitted
• long-term
• well-rounded
• all-around
• multitalented
• multiskilled
• tutored
• habile

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• amateur
• incapable
• inexperienced
• unskilled
• unable
• incompetent
• inexpert
• unqualified
• unseasoned
• weak
• unfit
• inept
• amateurish
• unprofessional
• unskillful
• would-be
• artless
• unfitted
• crude
• rude
• ineffective
• inefficient
• ineffectual
• jackleg
• beginning
• new
• ignorant
• untutored
• untrained
• inexperienced
• unschooled
• green
• untalented
• untaught
• raw
• primitive
• unseasoned
• untried
• ungifted
• untested
• talentless
• rough
• unpolished
• clumsy
• awkward
• ham-fisted
• ham-handed
• heavy-handed

2

as in utter

having no exceptions or restrictions

a consummate liar who has practically made mendacity an art form

Synonyms & Similar Words

• utter
• complete
• absolute
• sheer
• unconditional
• pure
• definite
• simple
• total
• perfect
• outright
• damned
• real
• very
• damn
• thoroughgoing
• unmitigated
• thorough
• profound
• unadulterated
• deadly
• downright
• regular
• unqualified
• huge
• arrant
• genuine
• out-and-out
• clean
• endless
• crashing
• categorical
• flat-out
• straight-out
• dreadful
• constant
• unalloyed
• perpetual
• fair
• veritable
• rank
• plumb
• all-out
• blooming
• stark
• bodacious
• blank
• eternal
• dead
• flat
• categoric
• authentic
• stone
• unremitting
• supreme
• classic
• terrible
• horrible
• extreme
• undying
• inveterate
• superlative
• extraordinary
• unrestricted
• hopeless
• terrific
• habitual
• confirmed
• main
• surpassing
• frightful

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncertain
• qualified
• doubtful
• questionable
• restricted
• dubious
• equivocal

3

as in ultimate

of the greatest or highest degree or quantity

a ballerina renowned for her consummate grace

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ultimate
• maximum
• utmost
• most
• supreme
• paramount
• uttermost
• last
• max
• largest
• nth
• unequalled
• unparalleled
• outside
• unrivalled
• top
• unequaled
• unrivaled
• unsurpassed
• biggest
• unmatched
• uppermost
• hugest
• topmost
• upmost

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• least
• minimum
• minimal
• slightest
• smallest
• lowest
• tiniest
• minutest
• littlest
• fewest

consummate

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verb

ˈkän(t)-sə-ˌmāt 

as in to complete

to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done

willing to do whatever it takes to consummate a business deal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• complete
• finish
• perfect
• fulfill
• accomplish
• fulfil
• get through
• finalize
• execute
• polish
• do
• achieve
• perform
• improve
• carry out
• effect
• enhance
• better
• stick out
• ameliorate
• carry through
• follow through (with)
• enrich
• amend
• refine
• machine
• shine
• discharge
• round (off or out)
• meliorate
• touch up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• abandon
• drop
• quit
• discontinue
• forsake
• desert

Examples of consummate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Gordon has been a consummate professional in Houston across the last seven seasons. —Michael Shapiro, Chron, 1 Jan. 2023

Meanwhile, Cohen remained the consummate professional, throwing it to Richard Quest for an interview with Pitbull. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Dec. 2022

Verb

But Munro saw it through, running the company with Ross as co-CEOs and co-chairmen for a year after the agreement was consummated. —Tom Tapp, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2024

But telling that story well means knowing how to properly consummate it. —Armond White, National Review, 9 Aug. 2024

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