different between numerous vs replete

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?num???s/, /?num??s/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?nju?m???s/, /?nju?m??s/
• Hyphenation: nu?mer?ous, num?erous

Adjective

numerous (comparative more numerous, superlative most numerous)

1. Indefinitely large numerically, many.

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Synonyms

• many, multiple; see also Thesaurus:manifold

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French replet, from Latin repletus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???pli?t/
• Rhymes: -i?t

Adjective

replete (comparative more replete, superlative most replete)

1. Abounding.
   • 1730, Jonathan Swift, "The Pheasant and the Lark":

     A peacock reign'd, whose glorious sway

     His subjects with delight obey:

     His tail was beauteous to behold,

     Replete with goodly eyes and gold.

   • 1759, Samuel Johnson, Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia, ch. 12:

     I am less unhappy than the rest, because I have a mind replete with images.

   • 1843, Charles Dickens, Martin Chuzzlewit, ch. 44:

     "Salisbury Cathedral, my dear Jonas, . . . is an edifice replete with venerable associations."

   • 1916, Elbert Hubbard, Little Journeys: Volume 8—Great Philosophers, "Seneca":

     History is replete with instances of great men ruled by their barbers.

2. Gorged, filled to near the point of bursting, especially with food or drink.
   • 1901, Bret Harte, "Three Vagabonds of Trinidad" in Under the Redwoods:

     And what an afternoon! To lie, after this feast, on their bellies in the grass, replete like animals . . . .

   • 1913, Jack London, The Valley of the Moon, ch. 15:

     In the evening, replete with deer meat, resting on his elbow and smoking his after-supper cigarette, he said . . . .

Synonyms

• (abounding): plentiful, abundant
• (gorged): stuffed

Related terms

• repletion
• complete

Translations

Noun

replete (plural repletes)

1. A honeypot ant.

Verb

replete (third-person singular simple present repletes, present participle repleting, simple past and past participle repleted)

1. (transitive) To fill to repletion, or restore something that has been depleted.

Anagrams

• peterel

Latin

Verb

repl?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of reple?

Spanish

Verb

replete

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of repletar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of repletar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of repletar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of repletar.