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completionist

completionist adjective: engaging in completionism.

Adjective

completionist (comparative more completionist, superlative most completionist)

  1. Engaging in completionism.
    • M did not have this completionist fetish regarding other matters—he would happily leave a meal uneaten and a book half read—but in matters of travel it was something of a matter of pride.2016, Daniel Polansky, “A Sunday Sojurn” (chapter 19), in A City Dreaming, →ISBN
    • Visiting the site was part of a completionist project engaged by many Johnny Cash fans, who wanted to see all the places associated with him, but for some, it was enough to glimpse it without leaving the car.2020, Michael Hinds, Jonathan Silverman, “The Networker”, in Johnny Cash International: How and Why Fans Love the Man in Black, →ISBN, page 171

Noun

completionist (plural completionists)

  1. A person who practices completionism.
    • If you are a Halo completionist and need to experience every moment of the Halo story, you have no choice.2009 September 24, Seth Schiesel, “Visiting New Mombasa? It’s One Dangerous Burg”, in New York Times
    • I rarely listen to any of them but I'm a completionist and meticulous fanatic (for better or worse), and wouldn't want to miss any component from his recording career.2010, Tom Waters, Slapstick & Superego: essays, rants & scathing social commentary, →ISBN, page 202

completionist meaning in Tamil

completionist in Tamil

காணொலி ஆட்ட வாகையர்

Forms of completionist

Adjective
comparativemore completionist
superlativemost completionist
Noun
pluralcompletionists

Origin of completionist

From completion + -ist.

Questions about completionist

What does completionist mean?
Completionist means engaging in completionism.
What is completionist in Tamil?
Completionist in Tamil is காணொலி ஆட்ட வாகையர். See Completionist meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is completionist?
Completionist can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near completionist in the dictionary

  1. completing the square
  2. completion
  3. completion string
  4. completion strings
  5. completionism
  6. completionist
  7. completionists
  8. completions
  9. completism
  10. completist
  11. completists

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Adapted from Wiktionary: completionist (page history and authors); completionist (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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