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full stomach

full stomach

5 1.0
The feeling you have after you eat enough food
  • noun
translation icon : estómago lleno
  • I found that shopping alone with a full stomach helped me stay under budget.
  • leave with a full stomach
  • bed with a full stomach
  • better on a full stomach

However, some people don't like the way they feel when they're training on a full stomach.

Examples

Synonyms

satiety
vsfull stomach
3 8.0

The feeling of being full after eating and not wanting more food

refers to the usual after-meal satisfaction rather than strict fullness limit
satiation
vsfull stomach
1 6.6

A feeling of being full after eating enough food

is the everyday feeling of having eaten enough at a meal
bellyful
vsfull stomach
1 4.4

A large amount of food that fills the stomach or is more than enough

means the after-meal sense of satisfaction, not the amount eaten
repletion
vsfull stomach
1 9.0

A feeling of being too full after eating or drinking

focuses on normal meal satisfaction rather than excess fullness
stomachful
vsfull stomach
1 5.7

An amount of food or drink that fills your belly completely

describes the feeling after eating rather than the food quantity
stuffed like a turkey
vsfull stomach
  • Informal
1 9.1

Having eaten so much that you feel uncomfortable and want to rest

describes ordinary satisfaction without implying pain or excess
food baby
vsfull stomach
  • Slang
1 7.4

A swollen stomach after eating a very large meal

refers to the internal feeling of being satisfied rather than visible bloat
sense of fullness
vsfull stomach
3.8

A feeling of not being hungry after eating that makes you not want more food

is the general state after eating rather than a technical label

Antonyms

hunger
266 1.0

A feeling of weakness and discomfort when you need food

How Full

stuffed
  • Informal
1 1.0
full stomach
5 1.0
satiation
1 6.6
peckish
  • UK
5 7.3
hunger
266 1.0

Surface Forms

full stomach singular
full stomachs plural

Morphology

full + stomach

The sense 'a feeling of having eaten enough' is directly and compositionally derived from 'full' (satisfied, having no more capacity) modifying 'stomach' (the organ where food is digested), so the overall meaning follows immediately from the constituents. This noun phrase pattern (adjective + body-part indicating satiation) is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words will almost certainly understand it.

Etymology

Full stomach comes from the simple image of a stomach filled with food so it feels full. That heavy, satisfied feeling is why it means 'to have eaten enough'.