replete

(rĭ-plēt')
adj.

1. Abundantly supplied; abounding: a stream replete with trout; an apartment replete with Empire furniture.
2. Filled to satiation; gorged.
3. Usage Problem. Complete: a computer system replete with color monitor, printer, and software.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin replētus, past participle of replēre, to refill : re-, re- + plēre, to fill.]

repleteness re·plete'ness n.

USAGE NOTE   Replete means "abundantly supplied" and is not generally accepted as a synonym for complete.

View more Literature & Language videos

means 'filled or well supplied' either with food or with some other necessity, and denotes an abundance of the thing specified, which typically follows the preposition with:

This on-off deal was also replete with procrastination and posturing—Times, 2006.

It should not be used as an alternative for complete, which shares this grammatical pattern:

☒ A two-storey retirement home, replete with pool, bar and stuccoed façade—Independent, 2006.

Attractive as these amenities doubtless are, we can safely assume that there is only one of each.

Previous:	replaceable, replace, substitute, repetitive, repetitious
Next:	replicate, reportage, reported speech

adjective

1. Full of animation and activity: alive, rife. See big/small/amount, rich/poor.
2. Completely filled: brimful, brimming, bursting, chockablock, full, packed. See full/empty/capacity.

adj

Definition: full, well-stocked
Antonyms: empty, needy, wanting

IN BRIEF: Full to the uttermost.

Oh, Lord, who lends me life, lend me a heart replete with thankfulness. — William Shakespeare (1564-1616

LearnThatWord.com is a free vocabulary and spelling program where you only pay for results!

See words rhyming with "replete."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Replete.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - fyldt med, spækket med, behageligt mæt

Nederlands (Dutch)
overvloeiend, verzadigd

Français (French)
adj. - rassasié, rempli

Deutsch (German)
adj. - reich , satt

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - γεμάτος, υπερπλήρης, ξέχειλος

Italiano (Italian)
pieno, sazio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - repleto

Русский (Russian)
наполненный, изобильный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - repleto, lleno

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - komplett, proppfull, stinn

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
装满的, 充分的, 充满的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 裝滿的, 充分的, 充滿的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 충만한, 충분히, 포만한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 満たされた, 十分備えた, 満腹した, 充満した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مفعم, متخم, بدين‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮גדוש, דחוס, שבע, מלא‬

If you are unable to view some languages clearly, click here.

To select your translation preferences click here.