Brim

//bɹɪm//

Synonyms for "brim" (100 found)

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Translations

75 translations across 27 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • χεῖλος noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)

Arabic

1 entries
  • حَافَة noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • сит noun (border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge)
  • сит noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • ngilit noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • бряг noun (border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge)
  • край noun (border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge)
  • ръб noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)
  • напълвам догоре verb (to fill (a container) to the brim, top, or upper edge)

Catalan

1 entries
  • vora noun (border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge)

Classical Nahuatl

1 entries
  • tēntli noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)

Czech

3 entries
  • hrana noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)
  • okraj noun (border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge)
  • okraj noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)

Danish

1 entries
  • bramme med verb (to be full until almost overflowing)

Dutch

4 entries
  • boord noun (border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge)
  • rand noun (border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge)
  • rand noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)
  • overlopen verb (to be full until almost overflowing)

Finnish

4 entries
  • laita noun (border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge)
  • nokka noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)
  • reuna noun (border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge)
  • reuna noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)

French

2 entries
  • bord noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)
  • remplir à ras bord verb (to fill (a container) to the brim, top, or upper edge)

Galician

4 entries
  • aba noun (border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge)
  • arengo noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)
  • beira noun (border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge)
  • beira noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გადაივსება verb (to fill (a container) to the brim, top, or upper edge)
  • გადაივსება verb (to be full until almost overflowing)
  • ლიცლიცებს verb (to fill (a container) to the brim, top, or upper edge)
  • ლიცლიცებს verb (to be full until almost overflowing)

German

2 entries
  • Rand noun (border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge)
  • Rand noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • גדוש verb (to be full until almost overflowing)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • száj noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)
  • szél noun (border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge)
  • szél noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)
  • csordultig telt verb (to be full until almost overflowing)

Italian

4 entries
  • bordo noun (border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge)
  • bordo noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)
  • orlo noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)
  • essere colmo verb (to be full until almost overflowing)

Khmer

1 entries
  • មាត់ noun (border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge)

Middle English

2 entries
  • brerd noun (border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge)
  • brerd noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)

Polish

1 entries
  • krawędź noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • aba noun (border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge)
  • boca noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)

Russian

2 entries
  • край noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)
  • наполня́ться до краёв verb (to be full until almost overflowing)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • oir noun (border or edge of a sea, a river, or other body of water; any border or edge)
  • oir noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)

Sicilian

4 entries
  • orlu noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)
  • orru noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)
  • papariari verb (to be full until almost overflowing)
  • pranciri verb (to be full until almost overflowing)

Spanish

1 entries
  • borde noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)

Swedish

1 entries
  • brädd noun (topmost lip or rim of a container, or a natural feature shaped like a container)

Sample sentences

56 total sentences available.

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Fill the glass to the brim.

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The waiter filled our glasses to the brim.

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So they filled them to the brim.

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Her eyes began to brim over with tears.

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.