Synonyms for filling up
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fil |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɪl |
Top 10 synonyms for filling up Other synonyms for the word filling up
- accumulate
- add
- add fuel to fire
- arrange
- augment
- bank
- beef up
- better
- build up
- bunch
- call to arms
- charge
- complete
- deliver
- deposit
- enroll
- extend
- fan
- feed
- fill
- fill 'er up
- fill out
- fill up
- find human resources
- fire
- fortify
- gain
- gas
- gas up
- gather
- group
- heat up
- hoard
- hold no more
- impress
- improve
- incite
- increase
- induct
- inflame
- jazz up
- levy
- load
- lump
- mass
- mobilize
- mound
- muster
- nourish
- obtain
- overflow
- pack
- pad
- procure
- proselytize
- punch up
- raise
- reanimate
- recoup
- recover
- recuperate
- refresh
- regain
- reinforce
- renew
- repair
- replenish
- repossess
- restore
- retrieve
- revive
- round up
- run over
- select
- service
- sign on
- sign up
- spill
- stack
- step up
- stockpile
- stoke up
- store
- store up
- strengthen
- subsidize
- supply
- sustain
- swell
- take in
- take on
- tank up
- teem
- top
- well over
- win over
Définition of filling up
Origin :- "a full supply," mid-13c., fille, from Old English fylle, from Proto-Germanic *fullin- (cf. Old High German fulli, German Fülle, Old Norse fyllr), noun of state from *fullaz "full" (see full (adj.)). Meaning "extra material in music" is from 1934.
- As in recruit : verb gather resources
- As in supplement : verb add to
- As in brim : verb flow over the top
- As in fuel : verb give energy to
- As in heap : verb amass, collect in pile
- In filling up some of the gaps he might have been preposterously wrong.
- Extract from : « The Grell Mystery » by Frank Froest
- At this time the plan of filling up the regular army was abandoned.
- Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon
- When finished in this manner, he set about filling up the blanks.
- Extract from : « The Two Admirals » by J. Fenimore Cooper
- On the other side of the platform four other cars were filling up.
- Extract from : « The Girl Scouts at Home » by Katherine Keene Galt
- He96 tried not to think of it by filling up the time with something else.
- Extract from : « The Letter of the Contract » by Basil King
- While the provinces are filling up with cities, Paris becomes country.
- Extract from : « Sophisms of the Protectionists » by Frederic Bastiat
- Oh, the mansions are filling up, and I thank God that he is letting me help to fill them.
- Extract from : « Three People » by Pansy
- My men are swarming over the city, and even now the prisons are filling up.
- Extract from : « Princess Zara » by Ross Beeckman
- You had got very weedy, and I am glad to see that you are filling up.
- Extract from : « The Dash for Khartoum » by George Alfred Henty
- “Well, youngsters, you are filling up your lockers with a vengeance,” he remarked.
- Extract from : « The Three Lieutenants » by W.H.G. Kingston
Antonyms for filling up
- avoid
- break
- cancel
- damage
- de-energize
- decline
- decrease
- deplete
- destroy
- deteriorate
- diminish
- discourage
- dismiss
- disperse
- dissuade
- distribute
- divide
- dodge
- forfeit
- hurt
- ignore
- injure
- kill
- lessen
- let down
- lose
- lower
- miss
- mix up
- neglect
- reduce
- refuse
- reject
- ruin
- scatter
- separate
- shun
- spend
- spread
- squander
- stop
- subtract
- take away
- unfuel
- use
- waste
- weaken
- worsen
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