Synonyms of brimming

brimming 1 of 2

adjective

as in filled

containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible

bins brimming with coffee beans from a wide array of tropical localities

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• bursting
• packed
• full
• crammed
• jammed
• loaded
• stuffed
• crowded
• brimful
• chock-full
• chockablock
• overflowing
• jam-packed
• fat
• overfilled
• overstuffed
• overladen
• overloaded
• overcrowded
• overfull
• teeming
• replete
• rife
• fraught
• abounding
• swarming
• flush

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• devoid
• empty
• blank
• void
• bare
• vacant
• stark
• short
• insufficient
• inadequate
• incomplete
• deficient
• wanting
• shy
• drained
• depleted
• shortish
• exhausted

brimming

2 of 2

verb

present participle of brim

1

as in bursting

to be copiously supplied

a secondhand bookstore that was brimming with bargains

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bursting
• buzzing
• bulging
• teeming
• humming
• overflowing
• abounding
• bristling
• swarming
• crawling
• bustling
• pullulating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lacking
• wanting
• needing

2

as in filling

to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained

he brimmed the glass with milk, and now I'm sure to spill it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filling
• packing
• loading
• cramming
• heaping
• jamming
• refilling
• flooding
• stuffing
• jam-packing
• charging
• overflowing
• swamping
• drenching
• glutting
• replenishing
• shoving
• crowding
• saturating
• bloating
• squeezing
• penetrating
• refreshing
• squashing
• reloading
• crushing
• ramming
• repacking
• overfilling
• bulking
• pressing
• overcharging
• matting
• honeycombing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• emptying
• clearing
• draining
• eliminating
• vacating
• bleeding
• drawing (off)
• exhausting
• evacuating
• sweeping
• voiding
• cleaning
• depleting
• lightening
• flushing
• scouring
• purging

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of brimming

Adjective

Combine these free-flowering, compact cascaders with bold uprights like canna lilies or coleus and textural fillers like euphorbia and lantana to keep your display balanced and brimming. — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 14 May 2026

Exhausting, exhilarating softball in which to spend my body’s force—that in the morning—then in the afternoon, the brimming, hearty stew of family life. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025

Verb

Lulu Guinness returned to London Fashion Week for the first time in more than a decade and is brimming with energy and new ideas. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026

The area encompasses around 25 buildings and is brimming with welcoming shops, restaurants, and plentiful Midwestern charm. — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2026

The postage stamp sized-town is brimming with cafés and shops; including the historic Baldwin Extracts, which for over a century has been a draw for in-the know chefs and bakers. — Madeline Weinfield, Vogue, 14 Sep. 2026

And apples aren't the only fruit on offer—prepare to pick out pears for your next holiday dinner, or a pumpkin brimming with the potential to become a fearsome jack-o'-lantern. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2026

Few defenses are sharper than the Eagles’, which is brimming with game-wreckers like Jalen Carter, Zack Baun and Cooper DeJean. — Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Yet the franchise gave audiences a galaxy brimming with desert planets, ocean worlds, binary sunsets, and countless versions of Earth. — Alix Freckelton, Space.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Volatile, headstrong, and brimming with wild-eyed passive-aggression, the actor’s performance heightens the wall situation from a neighborly dispute to the stuff of a biblical trial. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2026

Some are brimming with a sense of terror, some exude grief, while others appear to be in a violent fury. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026