Synonyms of replete

replete

adjective

ri-ˈplēt 

1

as in plump

having an excess of body fat

the merchant was a richly replete gentleman, clearly enjoying the fruits of his success

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plump
• full
• round
• fat
• thick
• corpulent
• stout
• rotund
• ripe
• heavy
• fleshy
• gross
• husky
• tubby
• obese
• pudgy
• chubby
• portly
• blubbery
• lardy
• podgy
• overweight
• roly-poly
• ample
• soft
• beefy
• burly
• weighty
• bulky
• thickset
• stocky
• hefty
• squat
• chunky
• plumpish
• brawny
• heavyset
• stubby
• paunchy
• dumpy
• potbellied
• flabby
• buxom
• hippy
• corn-fed
• endomorphic
• zaftig
• zoftig

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• thin
• spare
• lean
• slender
• slim
• skinny
• gaunt
• sinewy
• skeletal
• angular
• bony
• lank
• lanky
• haggard
• wasted
• rawboned
• slight
• emaciated
• pinched
• cadaverous
• puny
• scrawny
• weedy
• scraggy
• rangy
• stringy
• spindly
• svelte
• reedy
• waspish
• willowy
• boney
• twiggy
• sylphlike
• anorexic
• spindling
• ectomorphic

2

as in filled

possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something specified

a gym that is replete with the very latest in home exercise equipment

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filled
• packed
• bursting
• abundant
• awash
• stuffed
• crowded
• crammed
• jammed
• rife
• teeming
• fraught
• swarming
• saturated
• abounding
• brimming
• loaded
• chock-full
• flush
• thick
• thronging
• lousy
• buzzing
• chockful
• full
• busy
• bulging
• overstuffed
• overflowing
• lively
• overladen
• humming
• jam-packed
• overloaded
• surfeited
• clogged
• congested
• overcrowded
• overfilled
• overfull
• animated
• bustling
• fat
• astir
• alive

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• devoid
• empty
• blank
• bare
• stark
• barren
• vacant
• void
• depleted
• short
• insufficient
• incomplete
• deficient
• drained
• exhausted

3

as in stuffed

having one's appetite completely satisfied

everyone settled back and relaxed, completely replete after the huge meal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stuffed
• full
• sated
• satiated
• surfeited
• satiate
• overstuffed
• gorged
• glutted
• overfed
• overfull

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• empty
• hungry
• starving
• starved
• famished
• undernourished
• underfed

Synonym Chooser

How does the adjective replete contrast with its synonyms?

Some common synonyms of replete are complete, full, and plenary. While all these words mean "containing all that is wanted or needed or possible," replete implies being filled to the brim or to satiety.

replete with delightful details

When would complete be a good substitute for replete?

Although the words complete and replete have much in common, complete applies when all that is needed is present.

a complete picture of the situation

When is it sensible to use full instead of replete?

The synonyms full and replete are sometimes interchangeable, but full implies the presence or inclusion of everything that is wanted or required by something or that can be held, contained, or attained by it.

a full schedule

How are the words plenary and complete related as synonyms of replete?

Plenary adds to complete the implication of fullness without qualification.

given plenary power

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of replete

The buzzy design event officially opening on Monday is the focus of the inaugural issue of Foster, a new editorial project replete with a digital platform, podcast, events — and big ambitions. —Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 4 Apr. 2025

On the surface, the loss further reduces a season once replete with promise into a lifeless nub. —Megan Feringa, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025

History is replete with examples of tariff wars that destroy international trade and punish—and impoverish—all combatants. —Newsweek Staff, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Apr. 2025

Most places in the body where tumors originate are replete with nutrients: fats, amino acids, oxygen, metals—all the foodstuffs a rapidly growing cell needs. —Amber Dance, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Apr. 2025

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