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| Main Entry: |
fill
 [fil] 
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to put in and occupy the whole of |
| Synonyms: | block, blow up, brim over, bulge out, charge, choke, clog, close, congest, cram, crowd, distend, fulfill, furnish, glut, gorge, heap, impregnate, inflate, jam-pack, lade, load, meet, overflow, overspread, pack, pack like sardines, permeate, pervade, plug, puff up, pump up, ram, ram in, replenish, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate, shoal, stock, stopper, store, stretch, stuff, supply, swell, take up, top, top off |
| Antonyms: | deplete, drain, empty, exhaust, spend, take, use, void |
| Main Entry: | filled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | suffused |
| Synonyms: | brimming, full, permeated, replete |
| Main Entry: | abounding |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plentiful |
| Synonyms: | abundant, bountiful, copious, filled, flush, plenteous, prodigal, profuse, prolific, replete, teeming |
Example Sentences
- Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
- Our living conditions and our environment are filled with health problems.
- All the large florists in this city filled their rooms yesterday with rich and beautiful displays of flowers.
| Main Entry: | absorb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | occupy complete attention |
| Synonyms: | captivate, concern, consume, employ, engage, engross, fascinate, fill, hold, immerse, involve, monopolize, obsess, preoccupy, rivet |
| Antonyms: | distract |
| Main Entry: | abundant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | plentiful, large in number |
| Synonyms: | abounding, ample, bounteous, bountiful, copious, crawling with, cup runs over with, eco-rich, exuberant, filled, full, generous, heavy, lavish, liberal, lousy with, luxuriant, mucho, no end of, overflowing, plate is full of, plenteous, plenty, profuse, rich, rolling in, stinking with, sufficient, teeming |
| Antonyms: | lacking, rare, scarce, sparse |
| Main Entry: | answer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | solve; fulfill |
| Synonyms: | clarify, conform, correlate, correspond, crack*, deal with*, do*, dope, dope out, elucidate, fill, fit*, lick*, measure up, meet, pass, qualify, satisfy, serve, suffice, suit, unzip, work, work through |
| Notes: | an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | assuage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | soothe, relieve |
| Synonyms: | allay, alleviate, appease, calm, compose, conciliate, cool*, ease, fill, lessen, lighten, lull, make nice, mitigate, moderate, mollify, pacify, palliate, placate, pour oil on, propitiate, quench, quiet, sate, satisfy, soften, still, surfeit, sweeten, take the edge off, take the sting out, temper, tranquilize |
| Antonyms: | exacerbate, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | avail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be of use; use |
| Synonyms: | account, advantage, answer, be adequate, benefit, fill, fulfill, meet, profit, satisfy, serve, suffice, work |
| Main Entry: | block |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | obstruct |
| Synonyms: | arrest, bar, barricade, block out, blockade, brake, catch, charge, check, choke, clog, close, close off, close out, congest, cut off, dam, deter, fill, halt, hang up, hinder, hold up, impede, intercept, interfere with, occlude, plug, prevent, shut off, shut out, stall, stonewall, stop, stop up, stopper, stymie, tackle, take out of play, thwart |
| Antonyms: | let go, let up, open, unblock |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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