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replete

re·plete
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ri-pleet]
    • /rɪˈplit/
    • /rɪˈpliːt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ri-pleet]
    • /rɪˈplit/

Definitions of replete word

  • adjective replete abundantly supplied or provided; filled (usually followed by with): a speech replete with sentimentality. 1
  • adjective replete stuffed or gorged with food and drink. 1
  • adjective replete complete: a scholarly survey, replete in its notes and citations. 1
  • noun replete Entomology. (among honey ants) a worker with a distensible crop in which honeydew and nectar are stored for the use of the colony. 1
  • adjective replete person: full of food 1
  • adjective replete filled, stocked 1

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Origin of replete

First appearance:

before 1350
One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English repleet < Middle French replet < Latin replētus past participle of replēre to fill up (re- re- + plē(re) to fill, akin to plēnus full1 + -tus past participle suffix)

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Parts of speech for Replete

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

replete popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for replete

adj replete

  • abounding — to occur or exist in great quantities or numbers: a stream in which trout abound.
  • alive with — teeming with; full of (living or moving things)
  • aplenty — If you have something aplenty, you have a lot of it.
  • bellyful — as much as one wants or can eat

adjective replete

  • enough — As much or as many as required.
  • gestating — Present participle of gestate.
  • glutted — to feed or fill to satiety; sate: to glut the appetite.
  • gorged — (of a beast) represented wearing something about the neck in the manner of a collar: a lion gules gorged with a collar or.
  • weighted — having additional weight.

Antonyms for replete

adj replete

  • famishing — Present participle of famish.
  • hungry — having a desire, craving, or need for food; feeling hunger.
  • insatiate — insatiable: insatiate greed.

adjective replete

  • empty — A container (esp. a bottle or glass) left empty of its contents.
  • esurient — Hungry or greedy.
  • hungered — Simple past tense and past participle of hunger.

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