full moon

1. 1.

   the time when the Moon is fully illuminated

   “the moon is at the full”

   Synonymsfull-of-the-moonfull phase of the moonfull

   Broaderphase of the moon

   Narrowerharvest moon

   Part ofmonth

Questions about full moon

What does full moon mean?

full moon means "the time when the Moon is fully illuminated".

What is another word for full moon?

Close synonyms include full-of-the-moon, full phase of the moon, full. 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 full moon a common word?

full moon is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.