stuffed to the gills

adjective

Completely full.

“Near-synonyms: stuffed; packed to the gills; see also Thesaurus:empty § Antonyms”

Similar
stuffedpacked to the gills
Opposite
emptyempty as a pauper's purseempty as the tomb on Eastercleanleer
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Meanings

adjectivestuffed to the gills (not comparable)
  1. idiomaticnot comparableCompletely full.

    Near-synonyms: stuffed; packed to the gills; see also Thesaurus:empty § Antonyms

    Synonyms: stuffed, packed to the gills · Antonyms: empty, empty, empty as a pauper's purse, empty as the tomb on Easter, clean, leer, toom, unfilled

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCompletely full.

Similar
stuffedpacked to the gills
Opposite
emptyemptyempty as a pauper's purseempty as the tomb on Eastercleanleertoomunfilledvacantvacuumlikevacuousvoid
Also see
packed to the gillsstuffed
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stuffed to the gills. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stuffed%20to%20the%20gills

MLA

“stuffed to the gills.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stuffed%20to%20the%20gills. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stuffed to the gills,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stuffed%20to%20the%20gills.

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