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fully fledged

fully fledged is the alternative form of full-fledged.

Meaning of full-fledged

Adjective

full-fledged (not comparable)

  1. Having all its feathers; able to fly.
  2. (idiomatic) Having full qualification, credentials or preparation; entire; real.
    • Near-synonym: full-grown
    Antonyms:
    unfledged

Questions about fully fledged

What is fully fledged the alternative form of?
Fully fledged is the alternative form of full-fledged.

Words near fully fledged in the dictionary

  1. fully automatic times
  2. fully briefed
  3. fully committed
  4. fully faithful
  5. fully fashioned
  6. fully fledged
  7. fully qualified domain name
  8. fully qualified domain names
  9. fully qualified hostname
  10. fully qualified hostnames
  11. fully rigged

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Adapted from Wiktionary: fully fledged (page history and authors); full-fledged (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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