'Consummate' definitions:
Definition of 'consummate'
From: WordNet
adjective
Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance" [syn: consummate, masterful, masterly, virtuoso(a)]
adjective
Perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance" [syn: complete, consummate]
adjective
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated]
verb
Fulfill sexually; "consummate a marriage"
verb
Make perfect; bring to perfection
Definition of 'Consummate'
From: GCIDE
- Consummate \Con*sum"mate\ (k[o^]n*s[u^]m"m[asl]t), a. [L. consummatus, p. p. or consummare to accomplish, sum up; con- + summa sum. See Sum.] Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect. "A man of perfect and consummate virtue." --Addison. [1913 Webster]
- The little band held the post with consummate tenacity. --Motley [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Consummate'
From: GCIDE
- Consummate \Con"sum*mate\ (k[o^]n"s[u^]m*m[=a]t or k[o^]n*s[u^]m"m[=a]t; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Consummated (k[o^]n"s[u^]m*m[=a]`t[e^]d); p. pr. & vb. n. Consummating (k[o^]n"s[u^]m*m[=a]`t[i^]ng).] To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve. [1913 Webster]
- To consummate this business happily. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'consummate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- able,
- absolute,
- accomplish,
- accomplished,
- achieve,
- acmatic,
- all-embracing,
- all-encompassing,
- all-out,
- all-pervading,
- apical,
- archetypical,
- arrant,
- attain,
- born,
- broad-based,
- cap,
- capital,
- chief,
- classic,
- classical,
- clean,
- clear,
- climax,
- compass,
- complete,
- comprehensive,
- conclude,
- congenital,
- crass,
- crest,
- crown,
- culminate,
- deal with,
- decided,
- deep-dyed,
- definitive,
- developed,
- discharge,
- dispatch,
- dispose of,
- do,
- do the job,
- do the trick,
- downright,
- dyed-in-the-wool,
- effect,
- effectuate,
- egregious,
- enact,
- end,
- execute,
- exemplary,
- exhaustive,
- expert,
- faultless,
- fetch,
- finish,
- finished,
- flagrant,
- flawless,
- frost,
- fulfill,
- fully developed,
- fully realized,
- gifted,
- glaring,
- gross,
- halt,
- head,
- headmost,
- highest,
- ice,
- impeccable,
- inimitable,
- intensive,
- intolerable,
- knock off,
- make,
- manage,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- mature,
- matured,
- maximal,
- maximum,
- meridian,
- meridional,
- model,
- omnibus,
- omnipresent,
- out-and-out,
- outright,
- outtop,
- overarch,
- overmost,
- overtop,
- paramount,
- peak,
- peerless,
- perfect,
- perfected,
- perform,
- pervasive,
- plain,
- plumb,
- polish off,
- polished,
- positive,
- practiced,
- precious,
- preeminent,
- produce,
- proficient,
- profound,
- pronounced,
- proper,
- pure,
- put away,
- quintessential,
- radical,
- rank,
- realize,
- refined,
- regular,
- ripe,
- ripened,
- shattering,
- sheer,
- shocking,
- skilled,
- stark,
- stark-staring,
- straight,
- succeed,
- summital,
- superb,
- superlative,
- supreme,
- surmount,
- surpassing,
- sweeping,
- take care of,
- talented,
- terminate,
- the veriest,
- thorough,
- thoroughgoing,
- through-and-through,
- tip,
- tip-top,
- top,
- top off,
- topmost,
- total,
- trained,
- transcendent,
- turn the trick,
- ubiquitous,
- ultimate,
- unbearable,
- unconditional,
- unconscionable,
- undeniable,
- unequivocal,
- universal,
- unmitigated,
- unqualified,
- unrelieved,
- unreserved,
- unrestricted,
- unspoiled,
- unsurpassable,
- upmost,
- uppermost,
- utter,
- veritable,
- vertical,
- virtuosic,
- wholesale,
- wind up,
- work,
- work out,
- wrap up,
- zenithal