Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities: Describes something that is the highest degree of its kind, flawless, or supremely accomplished.
   • Having or revealing supreme mastery or skill: Describes a person who demonstrates the highest level of skill or artistry in a particular field.

2. Verb:

   • To make perfect; bring to perfection: To complete or finish something, making it whole or perfect.
   • To fulfill sexually; to complete (a marriage) by having sexual intercourse: To make a marriage legally and sacramentally complete through the first act of sexual intercourse between the spouses.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:

  • She is a consummate professional, handling every detail flawlessly.
  • The negotiation was a consummate display of diplomacy and patience.
  • He played the sonata with consummate skill.

• Verb:

  • The artist spent years trying to consummate his vision for the masterpiece.
  • The treaty was consummated after months of difficult talks.
  • According to some legal and religious traditions, a marriage is consummated when the couple has sexual relations.

Advanced Usage

• "Consummate liar": An expression describing a person who lies with absolute skill and without any apparent remorse.

  • He was a consummate liar, able to deceive anyone with his convincing stories.

• "Consummate happiness": A state of perfect, complete, and utter joy.

  • In that moment, she felt a sense of consummate happiness she had never known before.

Variants and Related Words

• Consummation (noun): The point at which something is completed or perfected.

  • The signing of the contract marked the consummation of the deal.

• Consummately (adverb): In a perfect or supremely skilled manner.

  • She performed the role consummately.

Synonyms

• Adjective: Perfect, supreme, masterful, accomplished, superb, utter, complete.
• Verb: Complete, conclude, finalize, perfect, accomplish, realize.

Related Phrases

• To consummate a deal/bargain: To finalize or complete an agreement.

  • They shook hands to consummate the deal.

• To consummate a marriage/union: To complete a marriage through sexual intercourse (formal/legal/religious usage).

  • The marriage was considered consummated on their wedding night.

Adjective

1. 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
2. perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities
   • a complete gentleman
   • consummate happiness
   • a consummate performance
3. 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

Verb

1. make perfect; bring to perfection
2. fulfill sexually
   • consummate a marriage