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fullness

noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfʊlnəs/
  • Midwestern-US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: F UH1 L N AH0 S 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.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: emptiness

Broader terms: condition, status

Narrower terms: repletion, satiety, satiation, surfeit, excess, overabundance, solidity, infestation

8

noun

Meaning 8

completeness over a broad scope

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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
Real reading context

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