Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fuller

3 senses of fuller

Sense 1
Fuller, Melville W. Fuller, Melville Weston Fuller -- (United States jurist and chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1833-1910))
       INSTANCE OF=> chief justice -- (the judge who presides over a supreme court)

Sense 2
Fuller, Buckminster Fuller, R. Buckminster Fuller, Richard Buckminster Fuller -- (United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983))
       INSTANCE OF=> architect, designer -- (someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings))
       INSTANCE OF=> engineer, applied scientist, technologist -- (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)

Sense 3
fuller -- (a workman who fulls (cleans and thickens) freshly woven cloth for a living)
       => workman, workingman, working man, working person -- (an employee who performs manual or industrial labor)

Antonyms of adj full

8 senses of full

Sense 1
full (vs. empty) -- (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")

empty (vs. full) -- (holding or containing nothing; "an empty glass"; "an empty room"; "full of empty seats"; "empty hours")
        => bare, stripped -- (having everything extraneous removed including contents; "the bare walls"; "the cupboard was bare")
        => blank, clean, white -- ((of a surface) not written or printed on; "blank pages"; "fill in the blank spaces"; "a clean page"; "wide white margins")
        => empty-handed -- (carrying nothing in the hands)
        => glassy, glazed -- ((used of eyes) lacking liveliness; "empty eyes"; "a glassy stare"; "his eyes were glazed over with boredom")
        => lifeless -- (destitute or having been emptied of life or living beings; "after the dance the littered and lifeless ballroom echoed hollowly")
        => looted, pillaged, plundered, ransacked -- (wrongfully emptied or stripped of anything of value; "the robbers left the looted train"; "people returned to the plundered village")
        => vacant -- (without an occupant or incumbent; "the throne is never vacant")
        => vacant -- (void of thought or knowledge; "a vacant mind")
        => vacuous -- (devoid of matter; "a vacuous space")
        => void -- (containing nothing; "the earth was without form, and void")

Sense 2
entire, full, total -- (constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure")

INDIRECT (VIA whole) -> fractional -- (constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety; "a fractional share of the vote"; "a partial dose")

Sense 3
full, total -- (complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster")

INDIRECT (VIA complete) -> incomplete, uncomplete -- (not complete or total; not completed; "an incomplete account of his life"; "political consequences of incomplete military success"; "an incomplete forward pass")

Sense 4
full, replete (predicate) -- (filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach")

INDIRECT (VIA nourished) -> malnourished -- (not being provided with adequate nourishment)

Sense 5
full (vs. thin) -- ((of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice")

thin (vs. full) -- ((of sound) lacking resonance or volume; "a thin feeble cry")
        => pale -- (not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song")

Sense 6
full, good -- (having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here")

INDIRECT (VIA ample) -> meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy -- (deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare")

Sense 7
broad (prenominal), full (prenominal) -- (being at a peak or culminating point; "broad daylight"; "full summer")

INDIRECT (VIA high) -> low -- (less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoir is low")

Sense 8
wide, wide-cut, full -- (having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt")

INDIRECT (VIA ample) -> meager, meagre, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy -- (deficient in amount or quality or extent; "meager resources"; "meager fare")

Similarity of adj full

8 senses of full

Sense 1
full (vs. empty) -- (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")
       => afloat (predicate), awash (predicate), flooded, inundated, overflowing -- (covered with water; "the main deck was afloat (or awash)"; "the monsoon left the whole place awash"; "a flooded bathroom"; "inundated farmlands"; "an overflowing tub")
       => air-filled -- (full of air)
       => brimful, brimfull, brimming -- (filled to capacity; "a brimful cup"; "I am brimful of chowder"; "a child brimming over with curiosity"; "eyes brimming with tears")
       => chockablock (predicate), chock-full, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full -- (packed full to capacity; "chowder chockablock with pieces of fish")
       => 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; "theirs was a house filled with laughter"; "a large hall filled with rows of desks"; "fog-filled air")
       => fraught (predicate), pregnant -- (filled with or attended with; "words fraught with meaning"; "an incident fraught with danger"; "a silence pregnant with suspense")
       => gas-filled -- (full of a gas)
       => glutted, overfull -- (exceeding demand; "a glutted market")
       => heavy, weighed down -- (full of; bearing great weight; "trees heavy with fruit"; "vines weighed down with grapes")
       => instinct (predicate), replete (predicate) -- ((followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated; "imbued with the spirit of the Reformation"; "words instinct with love"; "it is replete with misery")
       => laden, loaded, ladened -- (filled with a great quantity; "a tray loaded with dishes"; "table laden with food"; "`ladened' is not current usage")
       => overladen, overloaded -- (loaded past capacity)
       => riddled -- (spread throughout; "cities riddled with corruption")
       => sperm-filled -- (filled with sperm)
       => stuffed -- (filled with something; "a stuffed turkey")
       => stuffed -- (crammed with food; "a full stomach"; "I feel stuffed")
       => untouched, untasted -- (still full; "an untouched cocktail in her hand")
       => well-lined -- (full of money; "a well-lined purse")

Sense 2
entire, full, total -- (constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; "an entire town devastated by an earthquake"; "gave full attention"; "a total failure")
       => whole (vs. fractional) -- (including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete; "gave his whole attention"; "a whole wardrobe for the tropics"; "the whole hog"; "a whole week"; "the baby cried the whole trip home"; "a whole loaf of bread")

Sense 3
full, total -- (complete in extent or degree and in every particular; "a full game"; "a total eclipse"; "a total disaster")
       => complete (vs. incomplete) -- (having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting")

Sense 4
full, replete (predicate) -- (filled to satisfaction with food or drink; "a full stomach")
       => nourished (vs. malnourished) -- (being provided with adequate nourishment)

Sense 5
full (vs. thin) -- ((of sound) having marked deepness and body; "full tones"; "a full voice")
       => booming, stentorian -- (used of the voice)
       => grumbling, rumbling -- (continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound; "the rumbling rolling sound of thunder")
       => plangent -- (loud and resounding; "plangent bells"; "the plangent minority")
       => rich -- (pleasantly full and mellow; "a rich tenor voice")
       => orotund, rotund, round, pear-shaped -- ((of sounds) full and rich; "orotund tones"; "the rotund and reverberating phrase"; "pear-shaped vowels")
       => heavy, sonorous -- (full and loud and deep; "heavy sounds"; "a herald chosen for his sonorous voice")
       => sounding -- (having volume or deepness; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"; "the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion"- Wordsworth)

Sense 6
full, good -- (having the normally expected amount; "gives full measure"; "gives good measure"; "a good mile from here")
       => ample (vs. meager) -- (more than enough in size or scope or capacity; "had ample food for the party"; "an ample supply")

Sense 7
broad (prenominal), full (prenominal) -- (being at a peak or culminating point; "broad daylight"; "full summer")
       => high (vs. low) -- (greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "the river is high"; "he has a high opinion of himself")

Sense 8
wide, wide-cut, full -- (having ample fabric; "the current taste for wide trousers"; "a full skirt")
       => ample (vs. meager) -- (more than enough in size or scope or capacity; "had ample food for the party"; "an ample supply")