fill synonyms

fill

n.

enough, capacity, satiety; see plenty.

fill

v.

  1. To put as much as possible into

    pack, stuff, load, lade, replenish, furnish, supply, satisfy, fulfill, sate, satiate, gorge, blow up, fill up, pump up, puff up, inflate, fuel, fill to capacity, fill to overflowing, swell, charge, cram in, ram, crowd, jam, top off*.

    Antonyms empty, exhaust, drain*.

  2. To occupy available space

    take up, pervade, overflow, stretch, bulge out, curve out, distend, brim over, overspread, stretch, swell, blow up, belly, run over at the top, permeate, saturate, congest, take over; see also sense 1.

  3. To supply with an occupant

    elect, name, appoint; see choose 1.

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