What does consummate mean?

consummate means "having or revealing supreme mastery or skill". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in consummate?

consummate has 3 syllables: con-sum-mate. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑnsəmət/.

What is another word for consummate?

Close synonyms include masterful, masterly, virtuoso, complete, arrant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is consummate a common word?

consummate is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

consummate — meaning, pronunciation and 5 definitions

adjective

3 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
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”
Synonymsmasterful masterly virtuoso
Similarskilled
2.
perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities
“a complete gentleman”
“consummate happiness”
“a consummate performance”
Synonymscomplete
Similarperfect
3.
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 thorough nuisance”
“a thoroughgoing villain”
“utter nonsense”
“the unadulterated truth”
Synonymsarrant complete double-dyed everlasting gross perfect pure sodding stark staring thorough thoroughgoing utter unadulterated
Similarunmitigated

verb

2 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
fulfill sexually
“consummate a marriage”
Broadercarry through
2.
make perfect; bring to perfection
Broadercarry through

Other forms of consummate

past tense: consummated·
present participle: consummating·
third person: consummates·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about consummate

What does consummate mean?: consummate means "having or revealing supreme mastery or skill". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in consummate?: consummate has 3 syllables: con-sum-mate. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑnsəmət/.
What is another word for consummate?: Close synonyms include masterful, masterly, virtuoso, complete, arrant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is consummate a common word?: consummate is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for consummate come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

3 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
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”
Synonymsmasterful masterly virtuoso
Similarskilled
2.
perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities
“a complete gentleman”
“consummate happiness”
“a consummate performance”
Synonymscomplete
Similarperfect
3.
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 thorough nuisance”
“a thoroughgoing villain”
“utter nonsense”
“the unadulterated truth”
Synonymsarrant complete double-dyed everlasting gross perfect pure sodding stark staring thorough thoroughgoing utter unadulterated
Similarunmitigated

verb

2 sensesAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
fulfill sexually
“consummate a marriage”
Broadercarry through
2.
make perfect; bring to perfection
Broadercarry through

Other forms of consummate

past tense: consummated·
present participle: consummating·
third person: consummates·

Questions about consummate

What does consummate mean?: consummate means "having or revealing supreme mastery or skill". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in consummate?: consummate has 3 syllables: con-sum-mate. The stress falls on "con". In IPA it is /ˈkɑnsəmət/.
What is another word for consummate?: Close synonyms include masterful, masterly, virtuoso, complete, arrant. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is consummate a common word?: consummate is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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