| Main Entry: | consummation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement, fulfillment |
Synonyms: |
cleanup, completion, culmination, doing it to a T, end, mop-up, payoff, perfection, realization, to a finish, wind-up, wrap, wrap-up |
Antonyms: |
failure, unfulfillment |
| Main Entry: | accomplishment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something successfully done, completed |
Synonyms: |
ability, achievement, act, art, attainment, bringing about, capability, carrying out, completion, conclusion, consummation, coup, deed, effecting, effort, execution, exploit, feat, finish, fulfillment, performance, production, proficiency, realization, skill, stroke, talent, triumph |
Antonyms: |
defeat, failure, frustration, nullification |
| Main Entry: | achievement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something completed successfully; goal reached |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, acquirement, acquisition, act, actualization, attainment, completion, conquest, consummation, contrivance, creation, deed, effectuation, effort, enactment, encompassment, execution, exploit, feat, fulfillment, hit, masterpiece, performance, production, realization, stroke, success, tour de force, triumph, victory |
Antonyms: |
defeat, failure, forfeit, injury, miscue, misfortune, neglect, negligence |
| Main Entry: | complement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | companion, counterpart |
Synonyms: |
accompaniment, addition, aggregate, augmentation, balance, capacity, completion, consummation, correlate, correlative, counterpart, enhancement, enrichment, entirety, filler, finishing touch, makeweight, pendant, quota, remainder, rest, rounding-off, supplement, total, totality |
| Notes: | complement is 'to complete, round out' and compliment is 'to praise or admire' and as a noun it is an expression of praise or admiration complement means an addition will serve to complete something or form with it to make a whole while a supplement is an addition to something already regarded as complete or whole; complement can also mean 'the full quantity, number, or amount' |
| Main Entry: | completion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accomplishment, finishing |
Synonyms: |
achievement, attainment, close, conclusion, consummation, culmination, curtains, dispatch, end, expiration, finalization, finis, finish, fruition, fulfillment, hips, integration, perfection, realization, swan song, windup, wrap-up |
Antonyms: |
anticlimax, imperfection |
| Main Entry: | culmination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion; climactic stage |
Synonyms: |
acme, all the way, apex, apogee, blow off, capper, climax, completion, consummation, critical mass, crown, crowning touch, finale, finish, height, limit, maximum, meridian, ne plus ultra, noon, payoff, peak, perfection, pinnacle, punch line, summit, top, zenith |
Antonyms: |
beginning, commencement, opening, start |
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | completion, stop |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, achievement, adjournment, attainment, bottom line, cease, cessation, close, closing, closure, conclusion, consequence, consummation, culmination, curtain, denouement, desistance, desuetude, determination, discontinuance, execution, expiration, expiry, finale, finis, finish, fulfillment, issue, last word, omega, outcome, payoff, perfection, realization, resolution, result, retirement, sign-off, target, termination, terminus, upshot, windup, wrap-up |
Antonyms: |
beginning, commencement, opening, start |
| Main Entry: | ending |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion |
Synonyms: |
catastrophe, cessation, close, closing, closure, completion, consummation, coup de grace, culmination, denouement, desistance, dissolution, epilogue, expiration, finale, finish, lapse, omega, outcome, period, resolution, stop, summation, swan song, termination, terminus, upshot, wane, windup |
Antonyms: |
beginning, commencement, introduction, opening, start |
| Main Entry: | execution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carrying out of a task |
Synonyms: |
accomplishment, achievement, administration, completion, consummation, delivery, discharge, doing, effect, enactment, enforcement, fulfilling, implementation, nuts and bolts, operation, performance, prosecution, realization, rendering, style |
Antonyms: |
abandoning, disregard, failure, forgetting, ignorance, leaving, neglect |
| Main Entry: | extreme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ultimate; limit |
Synonyms: |
acme, apex, apogee, bitter end, boundary, ceiling, climax, consummation, crest, crown, culmination, depth, edge, end, excess, extremity, height, inordinancy, maximum, nadir, nth degree, peak, pinnacle, pole, termination, top, utmost, uttermost, zenith |