A child is not a vessel for filling, but a fire to light.
Source: tatoeba (2069)
Filling
//ˈfɪlɪŋ//
Synonyms for "filling" (99 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (20)
Strong matches (30)
Related words (49)
Related word relations
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More general
10 entriesAntonyms
5 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesat location
1 entriesderived
10 entriesderived from
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
8 entriesrelated to
60 entriesShowing 16 of 60 words.
Translations
114 translations across 39 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- vullend adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- stopsel noun (anything used to fill something)
- stopsel noun (in dentistry)
- vulsel noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
Arabic
2 entries- حشو noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
- حشو noun (in dentistry)
Armenian
1 entries- լցոն noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
Bulgarian
4 entries- засищащ adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- пломба noun (in dentistry)
- плънка noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
- пълнеж noun (anything used to fill something)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 批心 noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
- 餡 /馅 noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
- 餡心 /馅心 noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 管飽 /管饱 adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- 耐吃 adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- 充填 noun (in dentistry)
- 填充 noun (anything used to fill something)
Czech
3 entries- sytý adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- plomba noun (in dentistry)
- výplň noun (in dentistry)
Danish
4 entries- mættende adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- fyld noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
- fyldning noun (anything used to fill something)
- fyldning noun (in dentistry)
Esperanto
3 entries- satiga adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- remburaĵo noun (anything used to fill something)
- ŝtopaĵo noun (anything used to fill something)
Finnish
4 entries- täyttävä adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- paikka noun (in dentistry)
- täyte noun (anything used to fill something)
- täyte noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
French
4 entries- consistant adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- farce noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
- garniture noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
- plombage noun (in dentistry)
Galician
1 entries- recheo noun (anything used to fill something)
Georgian
1 entries- ნოყიერი adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
German
4 entries- mächtig adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- sättigend adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- Füllung noun (anything used to fill something)
- Füllung noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
Greek
4 entries- χορταστικός adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- γέμιση noun (anything used to fill something)
- γέμιση noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
- γόμωση noun (anything used to fill something)
Hebrew
2 entries- ממלא adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- סתימה noun (in dentistry)
Hindi
3 entries- भराव adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- भरावन noun (anything used to fill something)
- भरावन noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
Hungarian
4 entries- laktató adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- fogtömés noun (in dentistry)
- töltelék noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
- tömés noun (in dentistry)
Italian
3 entries- impiombatura noun (in dentistry)
- otturazione noun (in dentistry)
- ripieno noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
Japanese
1 entries- 充填 noun (in dentistry)
Latin
1 entries- fartum noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
Macedonian
1 entries- пломба noun (in dentistry)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- plombe noun (in dentistry)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- plombe noun (in dentistry)
Persian
1 entries- پر کردن noun (in dentistry)
Polish
4 entries- syty adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- farsz noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
- nadzienie noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
- plomba noun (in dentistry)
Portuguese
4 entries- chumbo noun (in dentistry)
- enchimento noun (anything used to fill something)
- obturação noun (in dentistry)
- recheio noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
Romanian
2 entries- obturație noun (in dentistry)
- plombă noun (in dentistry)
Russian
4 entries- сы́тный adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- наполне́ние noun (anything used to fill something)
- начи́нка noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
- пло́мба noun (in dentistry)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- plomba noun (in dentistry)
- пломба noun (in dentistry)
Slovak
4 entries- sýty adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- náplň noun (anything used to fill something)
- náplň noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
- plnka noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
Spanish
3 entries- empaste noun (in dentistry)
- relleno noun (in dentistry)
- tapadura noun (in dentistry)
Swahili
4 entries- muhu adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- muhu noun (anything used to fill something)
- muhu noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
- muhu noun (in dentistry)
Swedish
4 entries- mättande adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- fyllning noun (anything used to fill something)
- fyllning noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
- fyllning noun (in dentistry)
Tagalog
1 entries- pasta noun (in dentistry)
Thai
3 entries- ยาอุดฟัน noun (in dentistry)
- ไส้ noun (anything used to fill something)
- ไส้ noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
Turkish
3 entries- doyurucu adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- dolgu noun (in dentistry)
- iç noun (contents of a pie, etc.)
Ukrainian
3 entries- си́тний adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- тривки́й adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
- тривни́й adj (of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach)
Volapük
1 entries- plumbafulükot noun (in dentistry)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
I've lost my filling.
Source: tatoeba (19914)
This tooth has to have a filling.
Source: tatoeba (19915)
I don't feel like filling out this questionnaire. There are too many items.
Source: tatoeba (61338)
Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.