full tide

noun

Synonym of high tide (“the highest level of the tide”).

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Meanings

nounfull tide (uncountable)
  1. uncountableSynonym of high tide (“the highest level of the tide”).

    Synonyms: high tide

adverbfull tide (not comparable)
  1. idiomaticnot comparableStrongly; with full power; full-bore.

    "I see she's back full tide on the booze again."

    1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 165
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    The taste for out-door life and green fields came back full tide on all our writing after the coffeehouse life of the last century[.]

    1867 May 24, The Ballarat Star, Victoria, page 4, column 3

    And joyfulness comes on full tide with them for evermore.

    1918 May 20, The Gosford Times and Wyong District Advocate, NSW, page 4, column 1

    "Gosh, that drink was good," Ulysses declared cheerily. His optimism swung back full tide.

    1935 March 30, The Northern Herald, Cairns, Qld, page 26, column 1

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of high tide (“the highest level of the tide”).

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high tide
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APA

full tide. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full%20tide

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“full tide.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full%20tide. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “full tide,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full%20tide.

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