Meanings
alternative fully fledged
- idiomaticnot comparableHaving full qualification, credentials or preparation; entire; real.
Near-synonym: full-grown
3 more examples
After she passes the bar exam, she will be a full-fledged lawyer.
Ansible is not a full-fledged programming language, but it does have several programming language features, and one of the most important of these is variable substitution.
2017, Lorin Hochstein, René Moser, “4. Variables and Facts”, in Ansible: Up and Running, 2nd edition, O’Reilly, →ISBNPIRG noted the European Union has a limit of 300 ppm for boron and that there should be a “full-fledged investigation to determine if limits should be established” in the US.
2018 November 20, Wayne Drash, “Consumer group warns of ‘dangerous’ slime products and other hazardous toys”, in CNNSynonyms: full-blown, full-bore, full-on, full-grown · Antonyms: unfledged
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving all its feathers; able to fly.
adjectiveHaving full qualification, credentials or preparation; entire; real.
More synonyms by meaning
adjective(of a bird) having reached full development with fully grown adult plumage; ready to fly
adjective(of persons, e.g.) having gained full status
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Dutch vliegvlug, volwaardig
- vliegvlughaving all its feathers; able to fly
- volwaardighaving full qualification, credentials or preparation
French à part entière
- à part entièrehaving full qualification, credentials or preparation
German flügge, vollwertig
- flüggehaving all its feathers; able to fly
- vollwertighaving full qualification, credentials or preparation
Hebrew מדופלם, עם תעודות
- מדופלם (meduplam)having full qualification, credentials or preparation
- עם תעודותhaving full qualification, credentials or preparation
Hungarian (teljesen) kifejlett, teljes tollazatú
- (teljesen) kifejlett (tollazatú)having all its feathers; able to fly
- teljes tollazatúhaving all its feathers; able to fly
- teljes értékű/jogúhaving full qualification, credentials or preparation
- készhaving full qualification, credentials or preparation
- képesítetthaving full qualification, credentials or preparation
- végzetthaving full qualification, credentials or preparation
- kiforrotthaving full qualification, credentials or preparation
Italian finito
- finitohaving full qualification, credentials or preparation
Polish pełnoprawny
- pełnoprawnyhaving full qualification, credentials or preparation
Russian по́лностью опери́вшийся, полноце́нный
- по́лностью опери́вшийся (pólnostʹju operívšijsja)having all its feathers; able to fly
- полноце́нный (polnocénnyj)having full qualification, credentials or preparation
- полномасшта́бный (polnomasštábnyj)having full qualification, credentials or preparation
- хорошо́ подко́ванный (xorošó podkóvannyj)having full qualification, credentials or preparation
Spanish hecho y derecho, en toda regla
- hecho y derechohaving full qualification, credentials or preparation
- en toda reglahaving full qualification, credentials or preparation
- de pleno derechohaving full qualification, credentials or preparation
- de hecho y derechohaving full qualification, credentials or preparation
Swedish fullfjädrad, fullfjädrad
- fullfjädradhaving all its feathers; able to fly
- fullfjädradhaving full qualification, credentials or preparation
Cite this entry
full-fledged. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full-fledged
“full-fledged.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full-fledged. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “full-fledged,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/full-fledged.
Source: full-fledged on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.