BRIMMING Synonyms: 106 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in filled

containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible bins brimming with coffee beans from a wide array of tropical localities

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brimming

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verb

present participle of brim

as in bursting

to be copiously supplied a secondhand bookstore that was brimming with bargains

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as in filling

to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained he brimmed the glass with milk, and now I'm sure to spill it

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Recent Examples of brimming

Adjective

Combine these free-flowering, compact cascaders with bold uprights like canna lilies or coleus and textural fillers like euphorbia and lantana to keep your display balanced and brimming. — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 14 May 2026 Exhausting, exhilarating softball in which to spend my body’s force—that in the morning—then in the afternoon, the brimming, hearty stew of family life. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025

Verb

Some 250 miles southwest of Ensenada, Mexico, is Guadalupe Island, a biosphere reserve that is well known as a place brimming with great white sharks. — Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026 La Colombe d’Or, Saint-Paul-de-Vence A low-key haven for artists during and after the Second World War, La Colombe d’Or is brimming with artistic artifacts from artists like Pablo Picasso and Marc Chagall. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026 Instead, their mailbox was brimming with envelopes — more than 500 of them, each a vote that wouldn’t count. — Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026 The place is brimming with period details, including antique textiles, a wood-burning fireplace, William Morris wallpaper, and a lovely library, with six acres of formal gardens just outside. — Nicholas Derenzo, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026 In the Netherlands, trays usually brimming with fresh tomatoes lay empty on Wednesday in an Albert Heijn supermarket on the outskirts of The Hague. — John Leicester, Arkansas Online, 15 Oct. 2026 Initially, the state lawmaker was considered just the latest of several Democratic candidates over the past years who gave the party a brimming hope of flipping Texas, only for that hope to deflate come Election Day. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 The opposite flank is hardly brimming with elite-level quality either, and the £25m and £15m valuations assigned to Diogo Dalot and Noussair Mazraoui feel reasonable. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2026 The wholesale change and Payton’s explanation for it after practice represented a dramatic shift in approach and tone from an offseason brimming with confidence and seeming conviction in the move. — Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 8 Oct. 2026

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Adjective

Taylor received the medication in four pre-filled syringes, but wanted a lower dose.

— Kara McGrath, Allure, 15 Sep. 2026
New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania have introduced or passed legislation penalizing the practice and requiring employers to disclose hiring timelines or remove filled postings, while Texas has opened its own investigation into a major job board.

— Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of filled

Verb

When a bank of televisions showed horses bursting through the starting gate, feet stomped on the club’s carpet.

— Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
And every few months, a bursting FedEx envelope from Baltimore would appear at my desk at PRH containing Professor Dixon’s typewritten chunks of new and unpublished writing.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of bursting

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In contrast, Golden Week (which starts in early October) is Hong Kong's busiest travel period and sees an enormous amount of tour groups flock to the city, filling up shopping malls and overwhelming the main tourist attractions.

— Lee Cobaj, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
No one makes it through the front door without a warm welcome, then to be greeted by walls of yarn and crafting tables filling the floor space.

— Joy Benedict, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of filling

Adjective

With roaring support from a packed crowd, Macklemore launched his Free Palestine Tour in Ireland’s capital Monday, just over a month after he was controversially dropped as Ed Sheeran’s supporting act.

— Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 27 Oct. 2026
Flying to San Diego With a packed helicopter and dwindling fuel, the crew decided to head to the Coast Guard station in San Diego where ambulances were waiting.

— Jaimie Ding, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of packed

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It was purchased by husband-and-wife duo Kelly and Bryan Binder during the pandemic, and reopened in 2024 as the current nine-bedroom buzzing boutique hotel.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026
The Packers are simply buzzing now, which includes their defense continuing to take the ball away.

— Scott Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of buzzing

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The new Seagull doubles down on that formula, packing more space, more power, and technology that would have seemed wildly out of place in a sub-$10,000 car not too long ago.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2026
From packing cubes and toiletry bags to luggage locks and anti-theft crossbodies, Amazon is packed with practical finds that make traveling light less daunting.

— Julia Morlino, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of packing

Adjective

The full report says 12% of the scams reported in the survey involved AI or a deepfake.

— Muskaan Arshad, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026
Some Ukrainian officials told the newspaper that the system had not been restored to full functionality but was working at higher speeds than under the cap.

— Reuters, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of full

Verb

Earlier in the week, the team said the 23-year-old NFL player had been dealing with a bulging disc in his back.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
The fear of effeminization has never felt so acute, which presumably is why Matt Damon’s Odysseus needed bulging muscles, to ensure his sensitivity was mitigated by pecs of steel.

— Jay Weissberg, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026

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