eventful

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adjective

Of or pertaining to high levels of activity; having many memorable events.

“With the number of drunken revellers on the streets it could hardly fail to be an eventful night.”

Similar
livelyconsequentialimportantof import
Opposite
eventlessuneventful
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Meanings

adjectiveeventful (comparative more eventful, superlative most eventful)

comparative more eventful · superlative most eventful · alternative archaic eventfull

  1. Of or pertaining to high levels of activity; having many memorable events.

    With the number of drunken revellers on the streets it could hardly fail to be an eventful night.

    1 more example

    […] there was something of the habitude of the wild animal in the unreflecting instinct with which she rambled on — disconnecting herself by littles from her eventful past at every step, obliterating her identity […]

    1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
eventless

adjectivefull of events or incidents

Similar
lively
Opposite
uneventful

adjectivehaving important issues or results

Similar
consequentialimportantof import
Also see
consequentialimpactfullively

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From event + -ful.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 多事的
  • 多事的 (duōshì de)pertaining to high levels of activity
Esperanto okazplena
  • okazplenapertaining to high levels of activity
Finnish vaiheikas, vauhdikas
  • vaiheikaspertaining to high levels of activity
  • vauhdikaspertaining to high levels of activity
  • tapahtumarikaspertaining to high levels of activity
French mouvementé
  • mouvementépertaining to high levels of activity
German ereignisreich
  • ereignisreichpertaining to high levels of activity
Hungarian eseménydús
  • eseménydúspertaining to high levels of activity
Romanian plin de evenimente, memorabil
  • plin de evenimentepertaining to high levels of activity
  • memorabilpertaining to high levels of activity
Spanish memorable, lleno de acontecimientos
  • memorablepertaining to high levels of activity
  • lleno de acontecimientospertaining to high levels of activity
  • [bastante] acontecientepertaining to high levels of activity
  • [muy] acontecedorpertaining to high levels of activity
Swedish händelserik
  • händelserikpertaining to high levels of activity
Turkish olaylı
  • olaylıpertaining to high levels of activity
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APA

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MLA

“eventful.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eventful. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eventful,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eventful.

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