fulfill

Other forms of fulfill

past tense

fulfilled·

present participle

fulfilling·

third person

fulfills·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about fulfill

What does fulfill mean?

fulfill means "put in effect". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in fulfill?

fulfill has 2 syllables: ful-fill. The stress falls on "fill". In IPA it is /fʊlˈfɪl/.

What is another word for fulfill?

Close synonyms include carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is fulfill a common word?

fulfill is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with fulfill?

4 words rhyme with fulfill. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.