Synonyms for complete
- adjective
- verb
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Full — generic intensifier
full, total, utter, perfect, thorough, absolute, all, exhaustive, consummate, thorough-going, out-and-out, good, pure, pyore US, clean, sheer, unmitigated, full-scale, proper informal, all-out, unconditional, stark, full-blown
2. Entire — with all parts included; with nothing missing; full
4. Terminated
Other
Verb
1. Finish — to finish; to make done; to reach the end
finish, do, conclude, end, achieve, accomplish, close, get through informal, carry through, perform, finalize, finalise UK, fulfill US, fulfil UK, carry, bring about, turn, terminate, execute, pull, effect, crown, effectuate
Definitions
- adj. 1
With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.
She offered me complete control of the project.
- adj. 2
Finished; ended; concluded; completed.
When your homework is complete, you can go and play with Martin.
- adj. 3
Generic intensifier.
He is a complete bastard!
- v. 1
To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
He completed the assignment on time.
Forms
- Past participle
- completed
e.g. completed → finished, concluded, ended, achieved…
Choose the right word
As between complete and accomplish, complete considers rather the thing as done; accomplish, the whole process of doing it.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- total The total bill for drinks came up to 7000 dollars.
- perfect A sunny weekend is perfect for a mountain getaway.
- thorough We will check everything in the most thorough way.
- utter Everything you've told me so far was an utter lie.
- whole I spent the whole afternoon chatting with friends.
- entire You won't be let down if you read the entire book.
By length
- 2 letters
- do1
- 3 letters
- all1, end1
- 4 letters
- good1, over2, done1, full1, turn1, dead1, pull1, pure1
- 5 letters
- whole1, close1, total2, round1, clean1, ended2, carry2, crown1, sheer1, stark1, utter2, pyore
- 6 letters
- entire3, effect2, finish2, proper2, intact2, fulfil2
- 7 letters
- perfect2, overall3, perform2, achieve2, execute3, fulfill2
- 8 letters
- finished2, absolute3, thorough2, integral3, conclude2, dispatch2, unbroken3, finalize3, despatch, finalise
- 9 letters
- terminate3
- 10 letters
- accomplish3, terminated4, exhaustive3, consummate3, unabridged3, effectuate4
- 11 letters
- unmitigated5
- 12 letters
- accomplished3
- 13 letters
- unconditional5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (over2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- complet
- Italiano
- completo
- Deutsch
- vollständig
- Català
- complet