Complete

• POS: Adjective, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: com=plete

CIDE DICTIONARY

Complete, a. [L. completus, p. p. of complere to fill up; com- + plere to fill. See Full, a., and cf. Comply, Compline.].

•  Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.  Milton.  [1913 Webster]

  "Ye are complete in him."  [1913 Webster]

  "That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel
  Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon."  [1913 Webster]
•  Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete.  [1913 Webster]

  "This course of vanity almost complete."  [1913 Webster]
•  Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil.

Syn. -- See Whole.

Complete, v. t. 

 To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish; as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of education.  [1913 Webster]
"Bred only and completed to the taste
Of lustful appetence."  [1913 Webster]
"And, to complete her bliss, a fool for mate."

Syn. -- To perform; execute; terminate; conclude; finish; end; fill up; achieve; realize; effect; consummate; accomplish; effectuate; fulfill; bring to pass.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Complete, adj. & v.
--adj.
1 having all its parts; entire (the set is complete).
2 finished (my task is complete).
3 of the maximum extent or degree (a complete surprise; a complete stranger).
4 (also compleat after Walton's Compleat Angler) joc. accomplished (the complete horseman).
--v.tr.
1 finish.
2 a make whole or perfect. b make up the amount of (completes the quota).
3 fill in the answers to (a questionnaire etc.).
4 (usu. absol.) Law conclude a sale of property.

Idiom

complete with having (as an important accessory) (comes complete with instructions).

Derivative

completely adv. completeness n. completion n.

Etymology

ME f. OF complet or L completus past part. of complere fill up

THESAURUS

Complete

KO, SOL, abide by, absolute, accomplish, accomplished, achieve, across-the-board, adhere to, administer, admit, admitting no exception, all, all bets off, all off, all over, all up, all-comprehensive, all-inclusive, all-out, amplify, arrant, assimilate, at an end, attained, blanket, bring to completion, bring to fruition, button up, call off, cancel, canceled, cap, carry out, carry through, carry to completion, categorical, classical, clean up, clear, climax, close out, close up, compassed, compendious, completed, comprehend, comprehensive, comprise, conclude, concluded, conclusive, conduct, consummate, contain, cope with, count in, cover, crass, crown, culminate, dead, deal with, decided, decisive, definite, definitive, defunct, delete, deleted, detail, determinate, determine, develop, developed, discharge, dispatch, dispose of, do, do to perfection, done, done for, done with, down, downright, drop the curtain, effect, effected, effectuate, egregious, eke out, elaborate, embody, embrace, enact, encircle, enclose, encompass, encyclopedic, end, end off, ended, enforce, enlarge, enlarge upon, enter into detail, entire, envisage, execute, executed, exemplary, exhaustive, expand, explicit, express, expunge, expunged, extinct, extinguish, faultless, fill, fill in, fill out, final, finalize, fini, finish, finish off, finish up, finished, fixed, flagrant, flat, flat-out, flawless, fold up, fulfill, full, full-dress, full-fledged, full-grown, full-scale, fully realized, get done, get it over, get over with, get through, get through with, give the quietus, glaring, global, go into, gross, halt, handle, hold, honor, ideal, implement, implicit, improve, inappealable, include, incorporate, indisputable, intact, integral, intolerable, kaput, kayo, kibosh, kill, knock out, labor, make, make good, make out, make up, manage, mature, matured, model, mop up, number among, observe, occupy, omnibus, out-and-out, outright, over, over-all, panoramic, peremptory, perfect, perfected, perform, performed, piece out, polish off, polished, positive, precious, profound, promulgate, pronounced, proper, prosecute, pure, put in force, put paid to, put through, rank, realized, receive, reckon among, reckon in, reckon with, refill, regular, render, replenish, ripe, ripen, round, round out, scrag, set at rest, settled, shattering, shocking, shoot down, shot, solid, sound, spell out, stark, stark-staring, straight, straight-out, superb, superior, superlative, surpassing, sweeping, synoptic, take care of, take in, take into account, take into consideration, take up, terminate, terminated, the veriest, thorough, thoroughgoing, through, through with, top off, top out, total, transact, ultimate, unabated, unabbreviated, unabridged, unalloyed, unbearable, unbroken, uncircumscribed, unclipped, uncondensed, unconditional, unconditioned, unconscionable, uncropped, uncut, undeniable, undiminished, undivided, undocked, undoubting, unequivocal, unexpurgated, unhampered, unhesitating, universal, unlimited, unmistakable, unmitigated, unmixed, unqualified, unquestioning, unreduced, unrelieved, unreserved, unrestricted, unsevered, unshorn, unspoiled, unwaivable, utter, washed up, whole, wind up, wipe out, wiped out, without exception, without omission, without reserve, work out, wound up, wrap up, zap, zapped

ROGET THESAURUS

Complete

Perfection

VB be perfect, transcend, bring to perfection, perfect, ripen, mature, complete, put in trim, maturate.

Greatness

N greatness, magnitude, size, multitude, immensity, enormity, infinity, might, strength, intensity, fullness, importance, great quantity, quantity, deal, power, sight, pot, volume, world, mass, heap, stock, peck, bushel, load, cargo, cartload, wagonload, shipload, flood, spring tide, abundance, principal part, chief part, main part, greater part, major part, best part, essential part, bulk, mass, great, greater, large, considerable, fair, above par, big, huge, Herculean, cyclopean, ample, abundant, full, intense, strong, sound, passing, heavy, plenary, deep, high, signal, at its height, in the zenith, world-wide, widespread, far-famed, extensive, wholesale, many, goodly, noble, precious, mighty, sad, grave, heavy, serious, far gone, arrant, downright, utter, uttermost, crass, gross, arch, profound, intense, consummate, rank, uninitiated, red-hot, desperate, glaring, flagrant, stark staring, thorough-paced, thoroughgoing, roaring, thumping, extraordinary, important, unsurpassed, complete, august, grand, dignified, sublime, majestic, vast, immense, enormous, extreme, inordinate, excessive, extravagant, exorbitant, outrageous, preposterous, unconscionable, swinging, monstrous, overgrown, towering, stupendous, prodigious, astonishing, incredible, marvelous, unlimited, unapproachable, unutterable, indescribable, ineffable, unspeakable, inexpressible, beyond expression, fabulous, undiminished, unabated, unreduced, unrestricted, absolute, positive, stark, decided, unequivocal, essential, perfect, finished, remarkable, of mark, marked, pointed, veriest, noteworthy, renowned, truly, decidedly, unequivocally, purely, absolutely, seriously, essentially, fundamentally, radically, downright, in all conscience, for the most part, in the main, entirely, abundantly, widely, far and wide, greatly, much, muckle, well, indeed, very, very much, a deal, no end of, most, not a little, pretty, pretty well, enough, in a great measure, richly, to a large extent, to a great extent, to a gigantic extent, on a large scale, so, never so, ever so, ever so dole, scrap, shred, tag, splinter, rag, much, by wholesale, mighty, powerfully, with a witness, ultra, in the extreme, extremely, exceedingly, intensely, exquisitely, acutely, indefinitely, immeasurably, beyond compare, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond all bounds, incalculably, infinitely, preeminently, superlatively, immoderately, monstrously, preposterously, inordinately, exorbitantly, excessively, enormously, out of all proportion, with a vengeance, particularly, remarkably, singularly, curiously, uncommonly, unusually, peculiarly, notably, signally, strikingly, pointedly, mainly, chiefly, famously, egregiously, prominently, glaringly, emphatically, kat exochin, strangely, wonderfully, amazingly, surprisingly, astonishingly, incredibly, marvelously, awfully, stupendously, peculiarly, furiously, severely, desperately, tremendously, extravagantly, confoundedly, deucedly, devilishly, with a vengeance, a outrance, a toute outrance, painfully, sadly, grossly, sorely, bitterly, piteously, grievously, miserably, cruelly, woefully, lamentably, shockingly, frightfully, dreadfully, fearfully, terribly, horribly, a maximis ad minima, greatness knows itself, mightiest powers by deepest calms are fed, minimum decet libere cui multum licet, some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

Whole

N whole, totality, integrity, totalness, entirety, ensemble, collectiveness, unity, completeness, indivisibility, indiscerptibility, integration, embodiment, integer, all, the whole, total, aggregate, one and all, gross amount, sum, sum total, tout ensemble, length and breadth of, Alpha and Omega, be all and end all, complex, complexus, lock stock and barrel, bulk, mass, lump, tissue, staple, body, compages, trunk, torso, bole, hull, hulk, skeleton greater part, major part, best part, principal part, main part, essential part, lion's share, Benjamin's mess, the long and the short, nearly, all, almost all, whole, total, integral, entire, complete, one, individual, unbroken, intact, uncut, undivided, unsevered, unclipped, uncropped, unshorn, seamless, undiminished, undemolished, undissolved, undestroyed, unbruised, indivisible, indissoluble, indissolvable, indiscerptible, wholesale, sweeping, comprehensive, wholly, altogether, totally, entirely, all, all in all, as a whole, wholesale, in a body, collectively, all put together, in the aggregate, in the lump, in the mass, in the gross, in the main, in the long run, en masse, as a body, on the whole, bodily, en bloc, in extenso, throughout, every inch, substantially, tout bien ou rien.

Completeness

VB be complete, come to a head, render complete, complete, fill, charge, load, replenish, make up, make good, piece out, eke out, supply deficiencies, fill up, fill in, fill to the brim, fill the measure of, saturate, go the whole hog, go the whole length, go all lengths.

N completeness, completion, integration, allness, entirety, perfection, solidity, solidarity, unity, all, ne plus ultra, ideal, limit, complement, supplement, make-weight, filling, up, impletion, saturation, saturity, high water, high tide, flood tide, spring tide, fill, load, bumper, bellyful, brimmer, sufficiency, complete, entire, whole, perfect, full, good, absolute, thorough, plenary, solid, undivided, with all its parts, all- sided, exhaustive, radical, sweeping, thorough-going, dead, regular, consummate, unmitigated, sheer, unqualified, unconditional, free, abundant, brimming, brimful, topful, topfull, chock full, choke full, as full as an egg is of meat, as full as a vetch, saturated, crammed, replete, fraught, laden, full-laden, full-fraught, full-charged, heavy laden, completing, supplemental, supplementary, ascititious, completely, altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite, all out, over head and ears, effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders, neck and heel, neck and crop, in all respects, in every respect, at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes, toto coelo, utterly, clean, clean as a whistle, to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone, hollow, stark, heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground, to the top of one's bent, as far as possible, a outrance, throughout, from first to last, from beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from Dan to Beersheba, from head to foot, from top to toe, from top to bottom, de fond en comble, a fond, a capite ad calcem, ab ovo usque ad mala, fore and aft, every, whit, every inch, cap-a-pie, to the end of the chapter, up to the brim, up to the ears, up to the eyes, as a as can be, on all accounts, sous tous les rapports, with a vengeance, with a witness, falsus in uno falsus in omnibus, false in one thing, false in everything, omnem movere lapidem, una scopa nuova spazza bene.

Completion

VB effect, effectuate, accomplish, achieve, compass, consummate, hammer out, bring to maturity, bring to perfection, perfect, complete, elaborate, do, execute, make, go through, get through, work out, enact, bring about, bring to bear, bring to pass, bring through, bring to a head, despatch, dispatch, knock off, finish off, polish off, make short work of, dispose of, set at rest, perform, discharge, fulfill, realize, put in practice, put in force, carry out, carry into effect, carry into execution, make good, be as good as one's word, do thoroughly, not do by halves, go the whole hog, drive home, be in at the death, carry through, play out, exhaust, fill the bill, finish, bring to a close, wind up, stamp, clinch, seal, set the seal on, put the seal, give the final touch, to, put the last, put the finishing hand to, put the finishing touches on, crown, crown all, cap, ripen, culminate, come to a head, come to a crisis, come to its end, die a natural death, die of old age, run its course, run one's race, touch the goal, reach the goal, attain the goal, reach, get in the harvest.

Compact

VB contract, covenant, agree for, engage, treat, negotiate, stipulate, make terms, bargain, make a bargain, strike a bargain, come to terms, come to an understanding, compromise, set at rest, close, close with, conclude, complete, settle, confirm, ratify, clench, subscribe, underwrite, endorse, indorse, put the seal to, sign, seal, indent, take one at one's word, bargain by inch of candle.

Arrival

VB arrive, get to, come to, come, reach, attain, come up with, come up to, overtake, make, fetch, complete, join, rejoin, light, alight, dismount, land, go ashore, debark, disembark, put in, put into, visit, cast anchor, pitch one's tent, sit down, get to one's journey's end, make the land, be in at the death, come back, get back, come home, get home, return, come in, make one's appearance, drop in, detrain, deplane, outspan, de-orbit, come to hand, come at, come across, hit, come upon, light upon, pop upon, bounce upon, plump upon, burst upon, pitch upon, meet, encounter, rencounter, come in contact.