Meanings
comparative more replete · superlative most replete
- Abounding, amply provided.
A kitchen replete with all the ultimate appliances.
5 more examples
A peacock reign'd, whose glorious sway His subjects with delight obey: His tail was beauteous to behold, Replete with goodly eyes and gold.
1730, Jonathan Swift, The Pheasant and the LarkI am less unhappy than the rest, because I have a mind replete with images.
1759, Samuel Johnson, “chapter 12”, in Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia"Salisbury Cathedral, my dear Jonas, . . . is an edifice replete with venerable associations."
1842 December – 1844 July, Charles Dickens, chapter 44, in The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1844, →OCLCHistory is replete with instances of great men ruled by their barbers.
1916, Elbert Hubbard, “Seneca”, in Little Journeys: Volume 8—Great PhilosophersLiberal activists promised a well-funded summertime blitz, replete with home-state rallies and million-dollar ad campaigns, to try to ramp up pressure on a handful of Senate Democrats opposed to changing the rules.
2021 June 22, Nicholas Fandos, “Republicans Block Voting Rights Bill, Dealing Blow to Biden and Democrats”, in The New York Times - Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
And what an afternoon! To lie, after this feast, on their bellies in the grass, replete like animals […]
1901, Bret Harte, “Three Vagabonds of Trinidad”, in Under the Redwoods1 more example
In the evening, replete with deer meat, resting on his elbow and smoking his after-supper cigarette, he said[…]
1913, Jack London, “chapter15”, in The Valley of the MoonSynonyms: stuffed
- category theoryIsomorphism-closed: Inheriting all the isomorphisms of C. Formally: such that for any isomorphism f in C, if f 's source is in S, then f and f 's target is also in S.
present singular third person repletes · participle present repleting · participle past repleted · past repleted
- transitiveTo fill to repletion, or restore something that has been depleted.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveGorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
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Origin
- Latinrepletus
- Old Frenchreplet
- Middle Englishreplete
- Englishreplete
From Middle English replete (adjective) and repleten (verb), from Old French replet, from Latin repletus.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian пълен, напълнен
- пълен (pălen)abounding
- напълнен (napălnen)abounding
- изоби́лен (izobílen)abounding
- изоби́лстващ (izobílstvašt)abounding
- преситен (presiten)filled to bursting
- препълнен (prepălnen)filled to bursting
- запъ́лвам (zapắlvam)Translations
- запъ́лня (zapắlnja)Translations
Catalan replet, repleta
- repletabounding
- repletaabounding
Dutch bulkend
- bulkendabounding
Finnish täynnä, kylläinen
- täynnäabounding
- kylläinenfilled to bursting
- pullollaanfilled to bursting
- täynnäfilled to bursting
German satt
- sattabounding
Italian colmo, colma
- colmoabounding
- colmaabounding
- ripienoabounding
- ripienaabounding
- pienoabounding
- strapienofilled to bursting
- strapienafilled to bursting
- stracolmofilled to bursting
- stracolmafilled to bursting
- saziofilled to bursting
- satollofilled to bursting
Latin fēcundus, replētus
- fēcundusabounding
- replētusfilled to bursting
- repleōTranslations
Polish pełny, syty
- pełnyabounding
- sytyfilled to bursting
Portuguese repleto, repleta
- repletoabounding
- repletaabounding
- cheiofilled to bursting
- cheiafilled to bursting
Russian изоби́лующий, перепо́лненный
- изоби́лующий (izobílujuščij)abounding
- перепо́лненный (perepólnennyj)filled to bursting
Spanish repleto, repletar
- repletoabounding
- repletarTranslations
Swedish övermätt, proppmätt
- övermättfilled to bursting
- proppmättfilled to bursting
Ukrainian повний, переповнений
- повний (povnyj)abounding
- переповнений (perepovnenyj)filled to bursting
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with replete
Cite this entry
replete. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/replete
“replete.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/replete. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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