consummate

1.

/ˈkɑnsəmət/

having or revealing supreme mastery or skill

2.

/ˈkɒnsəˌmeɪt/

make perfect; bring to perfection

Other forms: consummated; consummately; consummating; consummates

Consummate means complete, finished, or masterful. If you refer to someone as a consummate chef, then you are saying he is the ultimate chef. If you say someone is a consummate jerk, then you are saying he is the ultimate jerk.

Consummate can be used to describe something good or bad: consummate joy, a consummate liar. To consummate means to bring something to completion, but it often refers specifically to making a marriage complete by having sexual relations. The adjective is pronounced KÄN-sə-mit, but the verb is pronounced KÄN-sə-māt.

Definitions of consummate (/ˈkɑnsəmət/)

1. adjective

   having or revealing supreme mastery or skill
   “a consummate artist”

   “consummate skill”

   synonyms: masterful, masterly, virtuoso

   skilled

   having or showing or requiring special skill
2. adjective

   perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities
   “consummate happiness”

   “a consummate performance”

   synonyms: complete

   perfect

   being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish
3. adjective

   without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
   “a consummate fool”

   synonyms: arrant, complete, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter

   unmitigated

   not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier