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Synonyms for fill

Most common

satisfy fit meet supply occupy take satiate expand

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Satisfy

satisfy, fit, meet, supply, furnish, store, stock, fulfill dated US, fulfil UK, replenish dated

2. Occupy

occupy, take, hold, do, swive dated

3. Satiate

satiate, sate, replete

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To make full To add contents to (a container, cavity, or the like) so that it is full.

    She filled a glass with milk.

  2. v. 2

    To make full To enter (something), making it full.

    The doors opened and guests filled the auditorium.

  3. v. 3

    To make full To occupy fully, to take up all of.

    The smell of spring filled the air.

  4. v. 4

    To become full.

    The bucket filled with rain

Forms

Past participle
filled
e.g. filled → satisfied, fitted, supplied, furnished…

Example sentences

  • fit We'd like to exchange this jacket. It doesn't fit.
  • satisfy The earth can satisfy our needs but not our greed.
  • furnish It will cost me a lot to furnish my new apartment.
  • occupy Algeria's massive protests occupy every front page.
  • expand Detours expand your knowledge of the surroundings.
  • dick Dick tried to solve that problem, but he couldn't.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
fillsteady
fitrising
satisfysteady
furnishfalling
occupysteady
expandsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters
do1
3 letters
fit1
4 letters
take1, stop1, meet1, hold1, grow1, dick1, glut1, sate1, cloy1
5 letters
stuff1, store1, stock1, block1, shaft1, swell1, gorge1, bloat1, swive
6 letters
supply2, expand2, occupy3, fulfil2
7 letters
stretch1, satisfy3, fulfill2, furnish2, stopper2, inflate2, replete2, satiate, pervade2, distend2
8 letters
increase2
9 letters
replenish3
10 letters
impregnate3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (supply2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
remplir
Deutsch
nachfüllen
Català
omplir