Dictionary.com

completionist

[ kuhm-plee-shuh-nist ]
/ kəmˈpli ʃə nɪst /

noun

(in a video game) a player who attempts to complete every challenge and earn every achievement or trophy: I’m not really a completionist, so I skipped the side missions and focused on the main story quests.
completist (def. 1).

QUIZZES

DISCOVER THE INFLUENCE OF PORTUGUESE ON ENGLISH VIA THIS QUIZ!

We’ve gathered some interesting words donated to English from Portuguese … as well as some that just don’t translate at all. Do you know what they mean?
Question 1 of 11
Which of the following animal names traces its immediate origin to Portuguese?
owl
crow
piranha
TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of completionist

First recorded in 1970–75; completion + -ist

Words nearby completionist

complete quadrilateral, completer set, complete transduction, completing the square, completion, completionist, completist, complex, complex absence, complex analysis, complex carbohydrate
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021