fullness
Syllables: full·nessUK/ˈfʊlnəs/
fullness noun: being full; completeness.
Noun
fullness (usually uncountable, plural fullnesses)
- Being full; completeness.
- feel a sense of fullness
- The actor enjoyed the fullness of his success.
- Synonyms:
- entirety
- The degree to which a space is full.
- The degree to which fate has become known.
- in the fullness of time
- fullness of life
- 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.
fullness meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
fullness in Hindi
- being full
- पूर्णता pūrṇatā, संपूर्णता sampūrṇatā
fullness in Tamil
- பொதி, வளம், தொழுதி, விரி, செஞ்சம், பழுது
fullness in Urdu
- بھر پوری, سیری
fullness in Bengali
- fullness, abundance, entirety, completeness
- ভর bhor
More languagesFewer languages
- fullness in Telugu
- పూర్తి pūrti, నిండు niṇḍu, నిండుట niṇḍuṭa
- fullness in Malayalam
- അമൽ amal
- fullness in Kannada
- ನೆರತೆ, ನೆರವು, ನೆರವಣಿಗೆ
- fullness in Punjabi
- ਪੁਰੀ purī
- fullness in Sanskrit
- पूर्ण pūrṇá, तर्पण tárpaṇa
- fullness in Arabic
- اِمْتِلَاء imtilāʔ
Examples of fullness in a sentence
- The flowers are called pompons because their fullness makes them resemble the pompons that cheerleaders use.
- Butter over baked apple pie, despite fullness there is good crispness, my favorite of night.
- Alternatively, when time is complete, there is a fullness of time.
Synonyms of fullness
Forms of fullness
| plural | fullnesses |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | fulness |
| alternative form (obsolete) | fulnesse |
Origin of fullness
From Middle English fulnesse, from Old English fulnes, fylnes, fyllnis (“completeness; abundance”), equivalent to full + -ness. Cognate with Old High German folnissi (“fullness”).
Words formed from fullness
Questions about fullness
- What does fullness mean?
- Fullness means being full; completeness.
- What is fullness in Hindi?
- Fullness in Hindi is पूर्णता (pūrṇatā), संपूर्णता (sampūrṇatā). See Fullness meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is fullness?
- Fullness is a noun.
- How do you pronounce fullness?
- Fullness is pronounced /ˈfʊlnəs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of fullness?
- The plural of fullness is fullnesses.
Words near fullness in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fullness (page history and authors); fullness (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fullness (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ভর (Bengali) (page history and authors); నిండు (Telugu) (page history and authors); അമൽ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); fullness (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਪੁਰੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); तर्पण (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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