complete

  • (a) having every necessary or normal part or component or step
    • a complete meal
    • a complete wardrobe
    • a complete set of the Britannica
    • a complete set of china
    • a complete defeat
    • a complete accounting
  • (s) perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities
    • a complete gentleman
    • consummate happiness
    • a consummate performance
    consummate,
  • (s) highly skilled
    • an accomplished pianist
    • a complete musician
    accomplished,
  • (s) 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
    arrant, double-dyed, sodding, utter, everlasting, perfect, pure, staring, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, consummate, stark, gross,
  • (s) having come or been brought to a conclusion
    • the harvesting was complete
    • the affair is over, ended, finished
    • the abruptly terminated interview
    all over, concluded, ended, over, terminated,

Verbs

  • (v) come or bring to a finish or an end
    • He finished the dishes
    • She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree
    • The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours
    finish,
  • (v) bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements
    • A child would complete the family
  • (v) complete or carry out
    • discharge one's duties
    discharge, dispatch,
  • (v) complete a pass nail,
  • (v) write all the required information onto a form
    • fill out this questionnaire, please!
    • make out a form
    fill out, fill in, make out,

Synonyms

finish consummate discharge dispatch accomplished arrant double-dyed sodding utter everlasting perfect pure staring thoroughgoing unadulterated stark gross nail all over concluded ended over terminated fill out fill in make out

Antonyms

incomplete uncomplete

See also

comprehensive whole

Words of close approximity

complex
complect
complete blood count completed complete fracture completely completeness