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replete

replete

16 6.6
Filled with many things, for example ideas or objects
  • adjective
  • /rɪˈpliːt/
translation icon : repleto de
  • The garden is replete with colorful flowers and fragrant herbs.
  • replete with examples
  • replete with meaning
  • Literature is replete

Don't need it, but our diet is replete with it.

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Examples

  • And pesticide history is replete with examples where people paid too little attention.

  • Hunter-gatherer societies studied in the last 100 years are replete with social exchange systems that have far-reaching economic implications.

    Academic text (1999)
  • This city is replete with famous names that are no longer here.

  • History is replete with turning points, Lieutenant.

  • The practice of medicine, itself, is replete with image and symbol.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Well, the history of Western intellectual thought is replete with answers to that question.

  • More can be said about this clearly written chapter, which is replete with insights and even wisdom.

    Academic text (1990)
  • The history of the nation is replete with stubborn individuals who refused to blindly accept authority.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The extant literature is replete with commentary on the ineffective nature of suspensions.

    Academic text (2015)
  • With respect to Islamic social-welfare associations in Egypt, the literature is replete with assumptions concerning their authoritarian nature.

    Academic text (1995)

Synonyms

full of
vsreplete
1.0

Containing a lot of something, like tears or facts

is used for being well supplied rather than only visually overpacked
ample
vsreplete
104 3.7

More than enough for what is needed

is about being richly supplied rather than focusing on size or capacity
abundant
vsreplete
77 3.0

Present in large amounts or more than needed

describes being well supplied rather than just present in great numbers
plentiful
vsreplete
48 2.5

There is more than enough of something

emphasizes being well supplied in a situation, not production details
bountiful
vsreplete
19 4.9

Having a lot of something, especially food or things grown in a garden

indicates supply or fullness rather than the idea of generous giving
stocked with
vsreplete
16 3.7

Has enough of the things you need

is about general fullness rather than specifically keeping goods available
rich with
vsreplete
14 3.3

Containing a lot of something, like emotion or taste

is about being abundantly supplied in general rather than having one specific quality
well-endowed
vsreplete
1 6.8

Having a large amount of something useful, like money or books

focuses on general supply of something rather than highlighting valued traits
brimful of
vsreplete
1 3.8

Full to the top with something, often a feeling

is about having plenty rather than literally overflowing
brimful
vsreplete
1 5.2

So full that it almost overflows

is used for being well supplied rather than only extreme physical fullness
filled
vsreplete
1.0

Full of something that takes up most of it

is about having a large supply rather than reaching physical capacity
stocked
vsreplete
2.4

Having more than enough goods ready to use

focuses on being supplied in amount, not on storing or selling items

Having a lot of money, people, and equipment to do its work

is a general term for being supplied rather than a place- or asset-focused description
imbued
vsreplete
6.3

Filled with a strong feeling or idea

describes having a large amount rather than being inwardly permeated

Antonyms

1.0

Not containing anything

How Full

replete
16 6.6
adequate
234 2.7
sparse
31 5.0
empty
1.0

Surface Forms

replete positive

Morphology

replete = re + plete

The sense 'filled or well-supplied with' is reasonably predictable from a root meaning 'fill' plus re-, but the root 'plete' is not a standalone English word, which may confuse learners.

Etymology

Replete comes from the Latin parts re- ('again') and plere ('to fill'), so it literally means 'filled'. That is why something described as replete with facts or objects is 'full of' or 'well supplied with' them.