English adjective: full | |||
1. | full containing as much or as many as is possible or normal | ||
Samples | A full glass. A sky full of stars. A full life. The auditorium was full to overflowing. | ||
Similar | afloat, air-filled, awash, brimful, brimfull, brimming, chock-full, chockablock, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, congested, cram full, egg-filled, engorged, filled, flooded, fraught, gas-filled, glutted, heavy, instinct, inundated, laden, ladened, loaded, overflowing, overfull, overladen, overloaded, pregnant, replete, riddled, sperm-filled, stuffed, stuffed, untasted, untouched, weighed down, well-lined | ||
Attribute | fullness | ||
Antonyms | empty | ||
2. | full constituting the full quantity or extent; complete | ||
Samples | An entire town devastated by an earthquake. Gave full attention. A total failure. | ||
Synonyms | entire, total | ||
Similar | whole | ||
Antonyms | fractional | ||
3. | full complete in extent or degree and in every particular | ||
Samples | A full game. A total eclipse. A total disaster. | ||
Synonyms | total | ||
Similar | complete | ||
Antonyms | incomplete, uncomplete | ||
4. | full filled to satisfaction with food or drink | ||
Samples | A full stomach. | ||
Synonyms | replete | ||
Similar | nourished | ||
Antonyms | malnourished | ||
5. | full (of sound) having marked deepness and body | ||
Samples | Full tones. A full voice. | ||
Similar | booming, grumbling, heavy, orotund, pear-shaped, plangent, rich, rotund, round, rumbling, sonorous, sounding, stentorian | ||
Antonyms | thin | ||
6. | full having the normally expected amount | ||
Samples | Gives full measure. Gives good measure. A good mile from here. | ||
Synonyms | good | ||
Similar | ample | ||
Antonyms | meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy | ||
7. | full being at a peak or culminating point | ||
Samples | Broad daylight. Full summer. | ||
Synonyms | broad | ||
Similar | high | ||
Antonyms | low | ||
8. | full having ample fabric | ||
Samples | The current taste for wide trousers. A full skirt. | ||
Synonyms | wide, wide-cut | ||
Similar | ample | ||
Antonyms | meager, meagerly, meagre, scrimpy, stingy | ||
English noun: full | |||
1. | full (time) the time when the Moon is fully illuminated | ||
Samples | The moon is at the full. | ||
Synonyms | full moon, full phase of the moon, full-of-the-moon | ||
Broader (hypernym) | phase of the moon | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | harvest moon | ||
Part meronym | month | ||
English adverb: full | |||
1. | full to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form) | ||
Samples | Fully grown. He didn't fully understand. Knew full well. Full-grown. Full-fledged. | ||
Synonyms | fully, to the full | ||
Domain usage | combining form | ||
English verb: full | |||
1. | full (contact) beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening | ||
Samples | Full the cloth. | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | beat | ||
2. | full (change) make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
3. | full (change) increase in phase | ||
Samples | The moon is waxing. | ||
Examples | The moon will soon full | ||
Synonyms | wax | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
Broader (hypernym) | increase | ||
Antonyms | wane | ||