noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Being full; completeness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Examples
feel a sense of fullness
The actor enjoyed the fullness of his success.
She lived life in all its fullness.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The degree to which a space is full.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
The degree to which fate has become known.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, uncountable, usually
Examples
in the fullness of time
fullness of life
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A measure of the degree to which a muscle has increased in size parallel to the axis of its contraction. A full muscle fills more of the space along the part of the body where it is connected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
Topics: bodybuilding, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
the property of a sensation that is rich and pleasing
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
the music had a fullness that echoed through the hall
the cheap wine had no body, no mellowness
he was well aware of the richness of his own appearance
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: mellowness, richness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: property
6
noun
Meaning 6
greatness of volume
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: voluminosity, voluminousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: largeness, bigness
7
noun
Meaning 7
the condition of being filled to capacity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: comprehensiveness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: completeness
History
Etymology
From Middle English fulnesse, from Old English fulnes, fylnes, fyllnis (“completeness; abundance”), equivalent to full + -ness. Cognate with Old High German folnissi (“fullness”).
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
اِمْتِلَاء
(imtilāʔ)
— being full
Belarusian:
паўната́
(pawnatá)
— being full
Belarusian:
по́ўнасць
(pównascʹ)
— being full
Bulgarian:
пълнота́
(pǎlnotá)
— being full
French:
plénitude
— being full
Galician:
plenitude
— being full
German:
Fülle
— being full
German:
Vollsein
— being full
German:
Vollständigkeit
— being full
Gothic:
𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸𐍃
(fulliþs)
— being full
Ancient Greek:
πληθώρα
(plēthṓra)
— being full
Hindi:
पूर्णता
(pūrṇatā)
— being full
Hindi:
संपूर्णता
(sampūrṇatā)
— being full
Italian:
pienezza
— being full
Macedonian:
полнота
(polnota)
— being full
Middle English:
fulnesse
— being full
Polish:
pełnia
— being full
Russian:
полнота́
(polnotá)
— being full
Spanish:
llenez (disused)
— being full
Spanish:
plenitud
— being full
Spanish:
llenazón
— being full
Spanish:
llenado
— being full
Spanish:
llenera (disused)
— being full
Spanish:
lleneza (disused)
— being full
Spanish:
llenura
— being full
Ottoman Turkish:
طولغونلق
(dolgunluk)
— being full
Ukrainian:
повнота́
(povnotá)
— being full
German:
Füllungsstufe
— degree to which a space is full and infinite
German:
Füllungsgrad
— degree to which a space is full and infinite
German:
Füllungszustand
— degree to which a space is full and infinite
German:
Füllungsausmaß
— degree to which a space is full and infinite
German:
Erfüllung
— degree to which fate has become known
German:
Erfülltheit
— degree to which fate has become known