- (often followed by with) copiously supplied (with); abounding (in)
- having one's appetite completely or excessively satisfied by food and drink; stuffed; gorged; satiated
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
re•plete /rɪˈplit/USA pronunciation
adj.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- well or fully supplied:a speech replete with humor.
- well fed.
re•plete
(ri plēt′),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
re•plete′ly, adv.
re•plete′ness, n.
re•ple′tive, adj.
re•ple′tive•ly, adv.
- abundantly supplied or provided;
filled (usually fol. by with):a speech replete with sentimentality. - stuffed or gorged with food and drink.
- complete:a scholarly survey, replete in its notes and citations.
n.
- Insects[Entomol.](among honey ants) a worker with a distensible crop in which honeydew and nectar are stored for the use of the colony.
- Latin replētus past participle of replēre to fill up (re- re- + plē(re) to fill, akin to plēnus full1 + -tus past participle suffix)
- Middle French replet
- Middle English repleet 1350–1400
re•plete′ness, n.
re•ple′tive, adj.
re•ple′tive•ly, adv.
- 2. sated, satiated, glutted, surfeited.
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replete /rɪˈpliːt/ adj (usually postpositive)
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