Synonyms for fill
verb
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*.
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.
To supply with an occupant
elect, name, appoint; see choose 1.
See fill in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To make or become full; put as much into as can be held:
charge, freight, heap, load, pack, pile. See fullTo plug up something, as a hole, space, or container:
block, choke, clog, close, congest, cork, plug, stop. See fullTo supply fully or completely:
answer, fulfill, meet1, satisfy. See do
phrasal verb fill in or
outTo supply what is lacking:
complement, complete, round (off or out), supplement. See agree, partTo act as a substitute:
stand in, substitute, supply. (Informal) pinch-hit, sub. See substitute
noun
Something used to fill a hole, space, or container:
choke, cork, plug, stop, stopper. See full
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