Synonyms of full

full 1 of 3

adjective

ˈfu̇l 

1

as in filled

containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible

at the start of the game everyone was full of energy and hope

the boy's bedroom is full of sports trophies and medals

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• bursting
• packed
• loaded
• crammed
• crowded
• jammed
• stuffed
• brimming
• brimful
• chock-full
• chockful
• jam-packed
• chockablock
• overflowing
• fat
• overfull
• overstuffed
• overcrowded
• overfilled
• overloaded
• overladen
• replete
• teeming
• fraught
• rife
• swarming
• abounding
• flush

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• devoid
• short
• bare
• blank
• vacant
• void
• insufficient
• stark
• inadequate
• incomplete
• wanting
• deficient
• shy
• drained
• depleted
• shortish
• exhausted

2

as in greatest

of the highest degree

even at the age of eighteen he hadn't reached his full height

a boat going at full speed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• greatest
• utmost
• maximum
• utter
• top
• high
• topmost
• heightened

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• least
• minimum
• minimal
• lowest
• slightest
• low
• littlest
• lessened

3

as in stuffed

having one's appetite completely satisfied

even the heartiest eaters are sure to be full when they leave that restaurant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stuffed
• replete
• sated
• satiated
• surfeited
• overfull
• overstuffed
• satiate
• gorged
• glutted
• overfed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• hungry
• starving
• starved
• famished
• undernourished
• underfed

4

as in comprehensive

covering everything or all important points

a full analysis of the problems facing our cities today

Synonyms & Similar Words

• comprehensive
• panoramic
• complete
• extensive
• thorough
• inclusive
• global
• exhaustive
• general
• omnibus
• encyclopedic
• all-inclusive
• universal
• vast
• compendious
• in-depth
• broad
• large
• embracive
• cyclopedic
• broad-gauged
• all-embracing
• wide
• overall
• broad-gauge
• all-in
• cover-all
• sweeping
• far
• cosmic
• wide-ranging
• catholic
• inclusionary
• far-reaching
• cosmical
• unrestricted
• blanket
• panoptic
• encyclical
• indiscriminate
• grand

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• limited
• specialized
• narrow
• restricted
• specific
• exact
• individual
• precise
• circumscribed
• singular
• incomplete
• sketchy
• patchy

5

as in rich

having an abundance of some characteristic quality (as flavor)

the dessert had a rich, full chocolate flavor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rich
• strong
• robust
• potent
• big
• concentrated
• heady
• lusty
• plush
• muscular
• full-bodied
• heavy
• undiluted
• unmixed
• straight
• high-octane
• enriched
• fortified
• high-test

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• light
• mild
• thin
• weak
• delicate
• weakened
• dilute
• thinned
• diluted
• watery
• watered-down

6

as in plump

having an excess of body fat

she should have a hairdo that complements her full face

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plump
• round
• fat
• thick
• gross
• heavy
• replete
• husky
• stout
• ripe
• fleshy
• chubby
• corpulent
• pudgy
• obese
• tubby
• rotund
• overweight
• portly
• blubbery
• lardy
• podgy
• soft
• ample
• hefty
• squat
• beefy
• roly-poly
• plumpish
• bulky
• chunky
• stocky
• burly
• weighty
• thickset
• stubby
• brawny
• heavyset
• dumpy
• flabby
• hippy
• paunchy
• buxom
• potbellied
• corn-fed
• endomorphic
• zoftig
• zaftig

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• spare
• thin
• slender
• lean
• skinny
• angular
• slim
• skeletal
• bony
• sinewy
• gaunt
• wasted
• lanky
• slight
• lank
• rawboned
• pinched
• haggard
• puny
• emaciated
• scrawny
• cadaverous
• weedy
• stringy
• scraggy
• reedy
• svelte
• rangy
• waspish
• willowy
• spindly
• boney
• twiggy
• sylphlike
• anorexic
• spindling
• ectomorphic

7

as in detailed

including many small descriptive features

a very full description of the city's cultural offerings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• detailed
• thorough
• comprehensive
• particular
• complete
• elaborate
• entire
• accurate
• minute
• descriptive
• circumstantial
• particularized
• specific
• blow-by-blow
• graphical
• graphic
• vivid
• panoramic
• abundant
• copious
• explicit
• precise
• itemized
• inclusive
• distinct
• specified
• listed
• exhaustive
• correct
• thoroughgoing
• enumerated
• exact
• encyclopedic
• replete
• omnibus
• exhausting
• numerated
• in-depth
• picturesque
• delineated
• inventoried
• sharp
• inclusionary
• mapped (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• summary
• short
• brief
• compendious
• concise
• succinct
• compact
• pithy
• crisp
• terse
• cut
• abbreviated
• trimmed
• curtailed
• abridged
• shortened
• general
• vague
• ambiguous
• broad
• indeterminate
• sketchy
• pruned
• overall
• nebulous
• nondescript
• unspecified
• nonspecific
• bird's-eye

8

as in entire

not lacking any part or member that properly belongs to it

a full deck of cards

Synonyms & Similar Words

• entire
• whole
• complete
• total
• comprehensive
• perfect
• intact
• grand
• integral
• plenary
• extensive
• compleat
• unabridged
• uncut
• maximal
• undiminished
• exhaustive
• full-on
• full-scale
• all-out
• full-blown
• full-out
• full-fledged
• full-bore
• full-blooded

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• partial
• incomplete
• imperfect
• cut
• reduced
• diminished
• abbreviated
• abridged

full

2 of 3

adverb

1

as in fully

to a full extent or degree

waited until it was full dark to launch the attack

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fully
• all
• quite
• completely
• totally
• perfectly
• wide
• utterly
• entire
• fast
• wholly
• even
• thoroughly
• well
• entirely
• enough
• out
• exactly
• absolutely
• for fair
• clean
• at length
• all the way
• flat
• in whole
• dead
• all over
• to pieces
• basically
• to bits
• altogether
• heartily
• down the line
• all of
• soundly
• through and through
• down to the ground
• plumb
• to the max
• plain
• to the hilt
• mostly
• substantially
• cold
• downright
• generally
• largely
• mainly
• by and large
• more or less
• predominantly
• unqualifiedly
• overall
• primarily
• generously
• chiefly
• predominately
• principally
• categorically
• greatly
• hands down
• stone-cold
• abundantly
• copiously
• stone

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• half
• partially
• partly
• halfway
• just
• slightly
• barely
• scarcely
• hardly
• part
• minimally
• somewhat
• approximately
• incompletely
• marginally
• superficially
• roughly
• kind of

2

as in very

to a great degree

he knew full well that what he was doing was wrong

Synonyms & Similar Words

• very
• extremely
• damn
• incredibly
• damned
• highly
• too
• terribly
• so
• jolly
• badly
• super
• really
• most
• real
• much
• far
• that
• desperately
• seriously
• extra
• severely
• such
• wildly
• intensely
• heavily
• exceeding
• greatly
• especially
• good and
• mighty
• exceptionally
• particularly
• absolutely
• passing
• roaring
• fiercely
• fantastically
• wicked
• way
• specially
• immensely
• totally
• fabulously
• awfully
• exceedingly
• completely
• awful
• thoroughly
• a lot
• monstrous
• cracking
• deadly
• thumping
• supremely
• frightfully
• dang
• rattling
• remarkably
• uncommonly
• bone
• hugely
• utterly
• sore
• eminently
• whacking
• almighty
• enormously
• achingly
• vitally
• filthy
• beastly
• fully
• surpassingly
• entirely
• spanking
• ever
• vastly
• stinking
• deeply
• roaringly
• right
• sorely
• positively
• blisteringly
• wholly
• archly
• corking
• as all get-out
• significantly
• colossally
• mortally
• majorly
• unco
• mightily
• considerably
• downright
• noticeably
• substantially
• purely
• flat-out
• radically
• visibly
• extensively
• profoundly
• obviously
• notably
• markedly
• abundantly
• altogether
• plentifully
• excessively
• palpably
• discernibly
• obscenely
• appreciably
• plainly
• amazingly
• astonishingly
• staggeringly
• monumentally
• grandly
• monstrously
• astronomically
• overmuch

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• little
• somewhat
• slightly
• nominally
• just
• barely
• negligibly
• scarcely
• hardly
• minimally
• marginally
• meagerly
• scantily

3

as in just

as stated or indicated without the slightest difference

full in the center of the square stands an enormous statue of the city's founder

Synonyms & Similar Words

• just
• right
• sharp
• due
• precisely
• squarely
• exactly
• on the nose
• smack-dab
• on the button

full

3 of 3

noun

as in total

a complete amount of something

the account is now paid in full

Synonyms & Similar Words

• total
• sum
• totality
• whole
• aggregate
• summation
• bulk
• sum total
• grand total
• entirety
• the whole bit
• the whole shebang
• the whole nine yards
• the whole kit and caboodle
• gross
• completeness
• comprehensiveness
• cumulativeness
• mass
• enchilada
• schmear
• lion's share

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• net

Synonym Chooser

How does the adjective full contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of full are complete, plenary, and replete. While all these words mean "containing all that is wanted or needed or possible," full implies the presence or inclusion of everything that is wanted or required by something or that can be held, contained, or attained by it.

a full schedule

When might complete be a better fit than full?

While in some cases nearly identical to full, complete applies when all that is needed is present.

a complete picture of the situation

How are the words plenary and complete related as synonyms of full?

Plenary adds to complete the implication of fullness without qualification.

given plenary power

When could replete be used to replace full?

The synonyms replete and full are sometimes interchangeable, but replete implies being filled to the brim or to satiety.

replete with delightful details

Examples of full in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

It was aged for 16 years in ex-bourbon barrels and then finished for a full two years in sherry casks, before being bottled at 46.3 percent ABV with natural color and no chill filtration. —Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024

Duncan Taylor has owned this cask — #3254 — for virtually its full life cycle, the whisky aging that entire time in the bottler’s HQ vault. —David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024

The president said Kennedy was full of integrity, empathy, joy and light. —CBS News, 16 Oct. 2024

The couple are longtime friends of Von Furstenberg, having thrown their engagement dinner at the fashion designer’s home last year. 2024 has been full of seminal moments for von Furstenberg, who celebrated the 50th anniversary of her iconic wrap dress this year. —Violet Goldstone, WWD, 16 Oct. 2024

Phrases Containing full

• at full throttle
• at full tilt
• full blast
• full dress
• full of it
• full speed ahead
• full steam ahead
• full tilt
• in full career