compleat
adjective
com·pleat kəm-ˈplēt 
: having all necessary or desired elements or skills : complete
also : classic, quintessential
Synonyms
- accomplished
- ace
- adept
- complete
- consummate
- crack
- crackerjack
- educated
- experienced
- expert
- good
- great
- master
- masterful
- masterly
- practiced
- practised
- professed
- proficient
- skilled
- skillful
- versed
- veteran
- virtuoso
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Example Sentences
a training course that transformed the former technophobe into the compleat computer geek almost overnight an exhaustive how-to guide for anyone planning the compleat wedding
Word History
Etymology
archaic variant of complete in The Compleat Angler (1653) by Izaak Walton
First Known Use
1526, in the meaning defined above
compleat
adjective
1
as in skillful
having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor a training course that transformed the former technophobe into the compleat computer geek almost overnight Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- skillful
- proficient
- skilled
- adept
- good
- expert
- experienced
- complete
- great
- master
- accomplished
- virtuoso
- masterly
- consummate
- practiced
- masterful
- educated
- crack
- crackerjack
- professed
- veteran
- gifted
- talented
- ace
- versed
- competent
- capable
- practised
- employable
- old
- effectual
- qualified
- trained
- efficient
- fitted
- handy
- polished
- deft
- adroit
- effective
- workmanlike
- dexterous
- clever
- fit
- refined
- slick
- dextrous
- able
- taught
- habile
- knowledgeable
- all-round
- schooled
- well-rounded
- tutored
- sure-handed
- long-term
- all-around
- multiskilled
- multitalented
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- unfitted
- incompetent
- amateur
- unskilled
- incapable
- artless
- unfit
- amateurish
- inept
- weak
- unskillful
- inexpert
- unqualified
- inexperienced
- unable
- unseasoned
- crude
- unprofessional
- ineffectual
- rude
- new
- inefficient
- jackleg
- ineffective
- ignorant
- beginning
- untaught
- green
- untalented
- primitive
- unschooled
- untutored
- untrained
- raw
- inexperienced
- talentless
- unseasoned
- clumsy
- rough
- untried
- ungifted
- unpolished
- awkward
- untested
- ham-fisted
- would-be
- ham-handed
- heavy-handed
2
as in complete
not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it an exhaustive how-to guide for anyone planning the compleat wedding Synonyms & Similar Words
- complete
- whole
- entire
- perfect
- full
- comprehensive
- total
- grand
- integral
- intact
- plenary
- unabridged
- extensive
- uncut
- exhaustive
- undiminished
- maximal
- full-blown
- full-fledged
- full-scale
- full-on
- full-out
- full-bore
- all-out
- full-blooded
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- partial
- incomplete
- imperfect
- cut
- reduced
- diminished
- abbreviated
- abridged