Full

Quick meaning: Full is an adjective meaning Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.

Meaning

Containing the maximum possible amount that can fit in the space available.

More Meanings

1. Complete; with nothing omitted.
2. Total, entire.
3. Completely empowered, authorized or qualified (in some role); not limited.
4. (informal) Having eaten to satisfaction, having a "full" stomach; replete.
5. (informal, with "of") Replete, abounding with.
6. (informal, of hands, chiefly in the plural) Carrying as much as possible.
7. (of physical features) Plump, round.

Example Sentences

full officer

The jugs were full to the point of overflowing.

Our book gives full treatment to the subject of angling.

She had tattoos the full length of her arms. He was prosecuted to the full extent of the law.

Word Forms

• fuller
• fullest
• fulls
• fulling
• fulled

Synonyms for full

Depending on context, synonyms include abounding, brimful, bursting, chock-a-block, jammed, jam-packed.

Antonyms for full

Common opposites include empty, incomplete, partial, hungry, starving, close-fitting.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include filled, brimming, brimful, overfull, high, brimfull.

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