full

The word “full” means holding as much as possible; with no more room left. In plain terms, containing the maximum amount, or complete with nothing missing.

“Full” is pronounced fuul (/fʊl/ in IPA).

Here is “full” used in a sentence: “The bus was already full by the second stop.”

Words with a similar meaning to “full” include complete, thorough, glutted, gorged, sated and satiated.

The opposite of “full” — its antonyms — are empty, incomplete, partial, hungry and starving.

Depending on how it is used, “full” can be an adjective, an adverb and a noun.

The word “full” comes from Old English. From Old English full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, ultimately from a Proto-Indo-European root meaning "full" — related to the English word "plenty.".

“Full” is a very common word in modern English, usually learned at around the A1 level.

'Full' describes a state — the container holds all it can, as in 'the glass is full.' 'Filled' describes the action that produced that state — someone put contents in, as in 'the glass was filled with water.' Full is the result; filled emphasizes the process or who did it.

The main opposite is 'empty' — containing nothing at all. In other contexts, 'hungry' opposes 'full' when speaking of appetite, and words like 'vacant' or 'available' oppose it when describing space or seats. 'Empty' is the most general and direct antonym across nearly all uses.

Besides holding as much as possible, 'full' can mean having eaten to satisfaction ('I'm full'), complete or at maximum ('full price,' 'full moon'), busy ('a full schedule'), or rich and deep ('a full flavor'). The core idea of nothing lacking runs through all of these senses.

'Full' means holding the maximum amount, with no room left, as in 'a full tank.' 'Complete' means having all the necessary parts, with nothing missing, as in 'a complete set.' A box can be full without being complete, and a complete set need not fill its container. One is about capacity, the other about wholeness.