full

/fʊl/

/fʊl/

Other forms: fullest; fulling; fulled; fulls

Something that's full holds as much as it can. If your glass is full of root beer, it's up the brim — no more root beer will fit inside it.

When a trash bag is full, it's time to take it outside, and when your mouth is full of cake, you'd better swallow it before you take another bite. When you're full of pizza, you can't eat any more, but when you're full of self-confidence, you have plenty of that quality. When the moon is full, it appears as large and round as possible. When your skirt, hair, or body are full, they're wide or ample.

Definitions of full

1. adjective

   containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
   “a full glass”

   “a sky full of stars”

   “a full life”

   “the auditorium was full to overflowing”

   synonyms:

   afloat, awash, flooded, inundated, overflowing

   covered with water

   air-filled

   full of air

   brimful, brimfull, brimming

   filled to capacity

   chock-full, chockablock, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full

   packed full to capacity

   congested, engorged

   overfull as with blood

   egg-filled

   full of eggs

   filled

   (usually followed by `with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with

   fraught, pregnant

   filled with or attended with

   gas-filled

   full of a gas

   glutted, overfull

   exceeding demand

   heavy, weighed down

   full of; bearing great weight

   instinct, replete

   (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated

   laden, ladened, loaded

   filled with a great quantity

   overladen, overloaded

   loaded past capacity

   riddled

   spread throughout

   sperm-filled

   filled with sperm

   stuffed

   filled with something

   stuffed

   crammed with food

   untasted, untouched

   still full

   well-lined

   full of money

   antonyms:

   empty

   holding or containing nothing

   bare, stripped

   having everything extraneous removed including contents

   blank, clean, white

   (of a surface) not written or printed on

   empty-handed

   carrying nothing in the hands

   glassy, glazed

   (used of eyes) lacking liveliness

   lifeless

   destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings

   looted, pillaged, plundered, ransacked

   wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value

   vacant

   without an occupant or incumbent

   vacant

   void of thought or knowledge

   vacuous

   devoid of matter

   void

   containing nothing
2. adjective

   having the normally expected amount
   “gives full measure”

   synonyms: good

   ample

   more than enough in size or scope or capacity
3. adjective

   constituting the full quantity or extent; complete
   “gave full attention”

   synonyms: entire, total

   whole

   including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete
4. adjective

   complete in extent or degree and in every particular
   “a full game”

   synonyms: total

   complete

   having every necessary or normal part or component or step
5. adjective

   being at a peak or culminating point
   “full summer”

   synonyms: broad

   high

   greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
6. adjective

   filled to satisfaction with food or drink
   “a full stomach”

   synonyms: replete

   nourished

   being provided with adequate nourishment
7. adjective

   having ample fabric
   “a full skirt”

   synonyms: wide, wide-cut

   ample

   more than enough in size or scope or capacity
8. adverb

   to the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; (`full' in this sense is used as a combining form)
   “knew full well”

   “full-grown”

   “full-fledged”

   synonyms: fully, to the full
9. verb

   make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering
   type of:

   alter, change, modify

   cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
10. adjective

    (of sound) having marked deepness and body
    “full tones”

    “a full voice”

    synonyms:

    booming, stentorian

    having a loud and deep sound

    grumbling, rumbling

    continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound

    plangent

    loud and resounding

    rich

    pleasantly full and mellow

    orotund, pear-shaped, rotund, round

    (of sounds) full and rich

    heavy, sonorous

    full and loud and deep

    sounding

    having volume or deepness

    antonyms:

    thin

    (of sound) lacking resonance or volume

    pale

    not full or rich
11. verb

    increase in phase
    synonyms: wax

    type of:

    increase

    become bigger or greater in amount
12. noun

    the time when the Moon is fully illuminated
    “the moon is at the full”

    synonyms: full moon, full phase of the moon, full-of-the-moon

    types:

    harvest moon

    the full moon nearest the September equinox

    type of:

    phase of the moon

    a time when the Moon presents a particular recurring appearance
13. verb

    beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening
    “full the cloth”

    type of:

    beat

    hit repeatedly