Thesaurus:completely

Thesaurus

completely

English

Adverb

Sense: to the fullest degree or extent

Synonyms

• absolutely
• all-out
• all the way
• altogether
• at large (obsolete)
• at length (obsolete)
• cap-a-pie
• categorically
• completely
• detailly (proscribed)
• downright
• entirely
• exhaustively
• finally    [⇒ thesaurus]
• first and last
• flat-out
• flat out
• from aardvark to zymurgy
• from A to Z
• from head to toe
• from soup to nuts
• from stem to stern
• from the rooter to the tooter
• from top to bottom
• from top to toe
• fully
• heartily
• head to foot
• head to tail
• head to toe
• hook, line, and sinker
• in detail
• in full
• lock, stock, and barrel
• one hundred percent
• out-and-out
• out and out
• outright
• particularly
• perfectly
• plumb
• purely    [⇒ thesaurus] (US dialect)
• quite
• right
• root and branch
• soundly
• soup-to-nuts
• through and through
• top to tail
• top to toe
• totally
• totes
• to the bone
• to the core
• to the full    [⇒ thesaurus]
• utterly
• well and truly
• whole
• whole cloth (idiomatic)
• wholly

Antonyms

• after a fashion
• barely
• half-assedly
• hardly
• in a sense
• in a way
• incompletely
• inconsistently
• moderately    [⇒ thesaurus]
• partially    [⇒ thesaurus]
• partly
• poorly
• somewhat
• spottily
• to an extent

Hyponyms

• verbatim

Hypernyms

• exactly    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

Related concepts

• alpha and omega
• degree    [⇒ thesaurus]
• extent    [⇒ thesaurus]

Mostly but possibly not completely

• abundantly
• but good (idiomatic)
• comprehensively
• consistently
• extensively
• extremely    [⇒ thesaurus]
• in spades (idiomatic)
• thoroughly

See also

• Thesaurus:entire
• Thesaurus:entirety
• Thesaurus:everything
• Thesaurus:total
• Thesaurus:the dickens

Further reading

• “50. whole” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “52. completeness” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “completely” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.