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Synonyms: full, wax Definition: increase in phase Usage: the moon is waxing

Hypernyms: increase Definition: become bigger or greater in amount Usage: The amount of work increased

Synonyms: full Definition: make (a garment) fuller by pleating or gathering

Hypernyms: alter, change, modify Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue

Synonyms: full, good Definition: having the normally expected amount Usage: gives full measure; gives good measure; a good mile from here

Hypernyms: ample Definition: more than enough in size or scope or capacity Usage: had ample food for the party; an ample supply

Synonyms: full, wide, wide-cut Definition: having ample fabric Usage: the current taste for wide trousers; a full skirt

Hypernyms: ample Definition: more than enough in size or scope or capacity Usage: had ample food for the party; an ample supply

Synonyms: total, full, entire Definition: constituting the full quantity or extent; complete Usage: an entire town devastated by an earthquake; gave full attention; a total failure

Hypernyms: whole Definition: including all components without exception; being one unit or constituting the full amount or extent or duration; complete Usage: 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

Synonyms: full, total Definition: complete in extent or degree and in every particular Usage: a full game; a total eclipse; a total disaster

Hypernyms: complete Definition: having every necessary or normal part or component or step Usage: a complete meal; a complete wardrobe; a complete set of the Britannica; a complete set of china; a complete defeat; a complete accounting

Synonyms: full Definition: containing as much or as many as is possible or normal Usage: a full glass; a sky full of stars; a full life; the auditorium was full to overflowing

Hypernyms: flooded, overflowing, inundated, awash, afloat Definition: covered with water Usage: the main deck was afloat (or awash); the monsoon left the whole place awash; a flooded bathroom; inundated farmlands; an overflowing tub

Hypernyms: air-filled Definition: full of air

Hypernyms: brimful, brimfull, brimming Definition: filled to capacity Usage: a brimful cup; I am brimful of chowder; a child brimming over with curiosity; eyes brimming with tears

Hypernyms: chock-full, chockablock, chockful, choke-full, chuck-full, cram full Definition: packed full to capacity Usage: chowder chockablock with pieces of fish

Hypernyms: congested, engorged Definition: overfull as with blood

Hypernyms: egg-filled Definition: full of eggs

Hypernyms: filled Definition: (usually followed by `with' or used as a combining form) generously supplied with Usage: theirs was a house filled with laughter; a large hall filled with rows of desks; fog-filled air

Hypernyms: fraught, pregnant Definition: filled with or attended with Usage: words fraught with meaning; an incident fraught with danger; a silence pregnant with suspense

Hypernyms: gas-filled Definition: full of a gas

Hypernyms: overfull, glutted Definition: exceeding demand Usage: a glutted market

Hypernyms: heavy, weighed down Definition: full of; bearing great weight Usage: trees heavy with fruit; vines weighed down with grapes

Hypernyms: instinct, replete Definition: (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated Usage: imbued with the spirit of the Reformation; words instinct with love; it is replete with misery

Hypernyms: laden, ladened, loaded Definition: filled with a great quantity Usage: a tray loaded with dishes; table laden with food; `ladened' is not current usage

Hypernyms: overladen, overloaded Definition: loaded past capacity

Hypernyms: riddled Definition: spread throughout Usage: cities riddled with corruption

Hypernyms: sperm-filled Definition: filled with sperm

Hypernyms: stuffed Definition: filled with something Usage: a stuffed turkey

Hypernyms: stuffed Definition: crammed with food Usage: a full stomach; I feel stuffed

Hypernyms: untasted, untouched Definition: still full Usage: an untouched cocktail in her hand

Hypernyms: well-lined Definition: full of money Usage: a well-lined purse

Synonyms: full, broad Definition: being at a peak or culminating point Usage: broad daylight; full summer

Hypernyms: high Definition: greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount Usage: 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

Synonyms: full Definition: (of sound) having marked deepness and body Usage: full tones; a full voice

Hypernyms: stentorian, booming Definition: used of the voice

Hypernyms: rumbling, grumbling Definition: continuous full and low-pitched throbbing sound Usage: the rumbling rolling sound of thunder

Hypernyms: plangent Definition: loud and resounding Usage: plangent bells; the plangent minority

Hypernyms: rich Definition: pleasantly full and mellow Usage: a rich tenor voice

Hypernyms: pear-shaped, orotund, rotund, round Definition: (of sounds) full and rich Usage: orotund tones; the rotund and reverberating phrase; pear-shaped vowels

Hypernyms: sonorous, heavy Definition: full and loud and deep Usage: heavy sounds; a herald chosen for his sonorous voice

Hypernyms: sounding Definition: having volume or deepness Usage: sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal; the sounding cataract haunted me like a passion- Wordsworth