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Antonyms for consummate
Grammar : Adj, verb |
Spell : verb kon-suh-meyt; adjective kuhn-suhm-it, kon-suh-mit |
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈkɒn səˌmeɪt; adjective kənˈsʌm ɪt, ˈkɒn sə mɪt |
Definition of consummate
Origin :- mid-15c., from Latin consummatus "perfected, complete," past participle of consummare "sum up, complete" (see consummation). Of persons, "accomplished, very qualified," from 1640s. Related: Consummately.
- adj ultimate, best
- verb achieve, finish
- Larry la Roche had been a counterfeiter and was a consummate penman.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Langdon was a consummate trainer, a student of horse character.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- He has conducted the thing with consummate skill—has not made a mistake yet.
- Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
- These difficulties were too obvious to create any embarrassment to so consummate a deceiver.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- He was a consummate master in the art of skating—that was evident.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- Kaiser William, however, played his cards with consummate skill.
- Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
- I will consummate with you the sole marriage that my heart desires.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- In fact, your hypocrisy was so consummate that I never suspected it.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- And it is quite absurd to speak of Franklin as "the consummate Christian of his time."
- Extract from : « Benjamin Franklin » by Paul Elmer More
- For the perpetration of the most consummate piece of literary scoundrelism on record.
- Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
Synonyms for consummate
- able
- absolute
- accomplish
- accomplished
- button down
- call a day
- can
- carry out
- clean up
- clinch
- close
- come
- come through
- compass
- complete
- conclude
- conspicuous
- crown
- downright
- drop curtain
- effectuate
- end
- faultless
- finished
- flawless
- fold up
- get it together
- gifted
- go the distance
- halt
- ideal
- impeccable
- inimitable
- knock off
- matchless
- mop up
- out-and-out
- peerless
- perfect
- perfected
- perform
- polish off
- polished
- positive
- practiced
- put away
- put finishing touch on
- put lid on
- put to bed
- ripe
- sew up
- sign
- skilled
- superb
- superlative
- supreme
- take care of
- talented
- terminate
- thoroughgoing
- top it off
- total
- trained
- transcendent
- ultimate
- unmitigated
- unqualified
- unsurpassable
- utter
- virtuosic
- whole
- wind up
- wrap
- wrap up
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