Antonyms for complete
kəmˈplitcom·plete

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1. completeverb

   Antonyms:
   incomplete

   Synonyms:
   accomplish, finish

2. completeverb

   With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.

   He completed the assignment on time.

   Antonyms:
   incomplete

   Synonyms:
   accomplish, finish

3. completeadjective

   To make whole or entire.

   When your homework is complete, you can go and play with Martin.

   Antonyms:
   incomplete

   Synonyms:
   finish, accomplish

4. completeadjective

   Antonyms:
   incomplete

5. completeadjective

   Antonyms:
   incomplete

6. completeadjective

   Antonyms:
   incomplete

7. completeadjective

   Synonyms:
   entire, total

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. complete

   Do is the one comprehensive word which includes this whole class. We may say of the least item of daily work, "It is done," and of the grandest human achievement, "Well done!" Finish and complete signify to bring to an end what was previously begun; there is frequently the difference in usage that finish is applied to the fine details and is superficial, while complete is comprehensive, being applied to the whole ideal, plan, and execution; as, to finish a statue; to complete a scheme of philosophy. To discharge is to do what is given in charge, expected, or required; as, to discharge the duties of the office. To fulfil is to do or to be what has been promised, expected, hoped, or desired; as, a son fulfils a father's hopes. Realize, effect, execute, and consummate all signify to embody in fact what was before in thought. One may realize that which he has done nothing to bring about; he may realize the dreams of youth by inheriting a fortune; but he can not effect his early designs except by doing the utmost that is necessary to make them fact. Effect includes all that is done to accomplish the intent; execute refers rather to the final steps; consummate is limited quite sharply to the concluding act. An officer executes the law when he proceeds against its violators; a purchase is consummated when the money is paid and the property delivered. Execute refers more commonly to the commands of another, effect and consummate to one's own designs; as, the commander effected the capture of the fort, because his officers and men promptly executed his commands. Achieve — to do something worthy of a chief — signifies always to perform some great and generally some worthy exploit. Perform and accomplish both imply working toward the end; but perform always allows a possibility of not attaining, while accomplish carries the thought of full completion. In Longfellow's lines, "Patience; accomplish thy labor," etc., perform could not be substituted without great loss. As between complete and accomplish, complete considers rather the thing as done; accomplish, the whole process of doing it. Commit, as applied to actions, is used only of those that are bad, whether grave or trivial; perpetrate is used chiefly of aggravated crimes or, somewhat humorously, of blunders. A man may commit a sin, a trespass, or a murder; perpetrate an outrage or a felony. We finish a garment or a letter, complete an edifice or a life-work, consummate a bargain or a crime, discharge a duty, effect a purpose, execute a command, fulfil a promise, perform our daily tasks, realize an ideal, accomplish a design, achieve a victory. Compare TRANSACT; TRANSACTION.

   Antonyms:
   baffle, come short, defeat, destroy, fail, frustrate, mar, miscarry, miss, neglect, ruin, spoil

   Synonyms:
   accomplish, achieve, actualize, bring about, bring to pass, carry out, carry through, commit, consummate, discharge, do, effect, execute, finish, fulfil, perform, perpetrate, realize, transact, work out

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. complete

   Antonyms:
   incomplete, partial, imperfect, unfinished, inadequate

   Synonyms:
   full, perfect, finished, adequate, entire, consummate, total, exhaustive, thorough, accomplished

Matched Categories

1. • End
   • Execute
   • Fill

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. completeadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   imperfect, unelaborated, incomplete, unfinished, sketchy, half(a), partial, uncompleted, uncomplete, neither, broken, unskilled, mitigated, rudimentary

   Synonyms:
   ended, pure(a), utter(a), unadulterated, thoroughgoing(a), double-dyed(a), consummate, perfect(a), terminated, gross(a), staring(a), arrant(a), all over, stark(a), concluded, consummate(a), everlasting(a), complete(a), accomplished, sodding(a), over(p)

2. complete, consummateadjective

   perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities

   "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance"

   Antonyms:
   half(a), uncompleted, sketchy, broken, rudimentary, imperfect, mitigated, unelaborated, unskilled, unfinished, neither, incomplete, partial, uncomplete

   Synonyms:
   ended, pure(a), utter(a), unadulterated, thoroughgoing(a), double-dyed(a), consummate, perfect(a), terminated, gross(a), virtuoso(a), staring(a), arrant(a), all over, masterful, stark(a), concluded, consummate(a), everlasting(a), complete(a), accomplished, masterly, sodding(a), over(p)

3. accomplished, completeadjective

   highly skilled

   "an accomplished pianist"; "a complete musician"

   Antonyms:
   uncompleted, sketchy, imperfect, mitigated, rudimentary, uncomplete, unskilled, incomplete, broken, half(a), neither, partial, unelaborated, unfinished

   Synonyms:
   ended, established, perfect(a), sodding(a), realized, accomplished, thoroughgoing(a), double-dyed(a), consummate, complete(a), effected, utter(a), gross(a), realised, staring(a), arrant(a), all over, stark(a), completed, concluded, consummate(a), everlasting(a), unadulterated, pure(a), over(p), terminated

4. arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulteratedadjective

   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"

   Antonyms:
   imperfect, mitigated, unskilled, unelaborated, uncompleted, rudimentary, half(a), sketchy, neither, uncomplete, unfinished, partial, broken, incomplete

5. complete, concluded, ended, over(p), all over, terminatedverb

   having come or been brought to a conclusion

   "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"

   Antonyms:
   neither, half(a), unelaborated, broken, sketchy, uncomplete, unskilled, imperfect, uncompleted, incomplete, unfinished, rudimentary, partial, mitigated

6. complete, finishverb

   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"

   Antonyms:
   neither, broken, rudimentary, half(a), unelaborated, imperfect, uncomplete, mitigated, partial, sketchy, uncompleted, unfinished, unskilled, incomplete

   Synonyms:
   stop, fill in, wind up, end, finish up, dispatch, finish, eat up, polish off, fill out, terminate, discharge, cease, nail, make out, land up, fetch up, end up

7. completeverb

   bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements

   "A child would complete the family"

   Antonyms:
   partial, imperfect, sketchy, uncomplete, half(a), rudimentary, mitigated, uncompleted, unfinished, unskilled, neither, unelaborated, incomplete, broken

   Synonyms:
   dispatch, fill in, nail, discharge, finish, make out, fill out

8. dispatch, discharge, completeverb

   complete or carry out

   "discharge one's duties"

   Antonyms:
   uncomplete, uncompleted, sketchy, partial, neither, unskilled, broken, mitigated, rudimentary, incomplete, imperfect, half(a), unelaborated, unfinished

   Synonyms:
   unload, empty, dispatch, despatch, expel, exhaust, go off, hit, nail, drop off, release, send off, fill out, finish, fire, polish off, off, fill in, slay, exculpate, assoil, set down, clear, make out, put down, acquit, murder, drop, discharge, exonerate, free, eject, muster out, bump off, remove

9. complete, nailverb

   complete a pass

   Antonyms:
   unelaborated, incomplete, sketchy, uncomplete, neither, unskilled, half(a), unfinished, rudimentary, uncompleted, broken, partial, imperfect, mitigated

   Synonyms:
   sweep through, fill in, collar, breeze through, dispatch, finish, nail, fill out, discharge, sail through, peg, ace, pass with flying colors, apprehend, nail down, pick up, pinpoint, nab, make out, boom, arrest, cop, blast, smash

10. complete, fill out, fill in, make outverb

    write all the required information onto a form

    "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"

    Antonyms:
    uncomplete, mitigated, broken, half(a), unfinished, neither, sketchy, incomplete, uncompleted, unskilled, rudimentary, unelaborated, partial, imperfect

    Synonyms:
    tell apart, distinguish, have intercourse, get it on, have a go at it, fatten, dispatch, come, spot, love, be intimate, cut, nail, fat, know, get along, write out, make love, fill out, flesh out, fare, have sex, plump out, plump, sub, grapple, pick out, eff, eke out, round, deal, do it, manage, contend, finish, pad, round out, do, bonk, bed, stand in, fatten out, lie with, fill in, make out, discern, substitute, sleep together, recognize, jazz, sleep with, fatten up, bang, hump, screw, discharge, issue, recognise, have it away, cope, make do, get by, roll in the hay, neck, have it off, get laid, shade

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1. completeadjective

   Synonyms:
   entire, consummate, whole, integral, plenary, unabridged, intact

2. completeverb

   Synonyms:
   finish, consummate, perfect

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. redo

   you don't have to redo something you completed something

   Submitted by rinat on October 3, 2019  

How to use complete in a sentence?

1. Emily Applegate:

   When the investigation of the air pressure of Tom Brady's football concludes with a 200-plus-page report, but the investigation into two decades of sexual harassment concludes with nothing, it shows the NFL's complete lack of respect towards women, their employees and for the culture of our country.

2. Cory Gardner:

   We must double down on our strategy of maximum pressure and engagement, our goal of any discussions with North Korea should remain the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

3. Maria Montessori:

   If an educational act is to be efficacious, it will be only that one which tends to help toward the complete unfolding of life. To be thus helpful it is necessary rigorously to avoid the arrest of spontaneous movements and the imposition of arbitrary tasks.

4. President Trump:

   We're signing a health care plan within two weeks, a full and complete health care plan that the Supreme Court decision on DACA gave me the right to do.

5. Andrew Pearce:

   Early this morning Harry's father passed away here in Adelaide ... after they'd all come out of the cave, it was a complete, unexpected shock.

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