Definitions

fulfilling

[fool-fil-ing] / fʊlˈfɪl ɪŋ /

ADJECTIVE

effectual

Synonyms

STRONG

effective efficacious

WEAK

accomplishing achieving adequate binding capable conclusive decisive determinative effecting efficient forcible in force lawful legal licit potent powerful practicable productive qualified serviceable sound strong successful telling useful valid virtuous workable

Antonyms

STRONG

incapable unproductive useless

WEAK

impotent ineffectual unsuccessful weak

ADJECTIVE

operating

Synonyms

STRONGEST

performing running

STRONG

accomplishing administering conducting contriving determining directing driving executing finishing guiding maintaining managing manipulating moving ordering practicing regulating revolving serving spinning supervising sustaining transacting turning using wielding

WEAK

at work

ADJECTIVE

performing

Synonyms

STRONGEST

operating

STRONG

achieving acting doing effecting

WEAK

carrying-out

ADJECTIVE

realizing

Synonyms

STRONG

accomplishing actualizing attaining completing consummating doing perfecting performing reaching

ADJECTIVE

rewarding

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advantageous fruitful gratifying productive profitable satisfying valuable worthwhile

STRONG

edifying

WEAK

gainful remunerative

Antonyms

STRONGEST

impotent unfruitful unproductive valueless worthless

WEAK

troubling upsetting

ADJECTIVE

satisfactory

Synonyms

STRONGEST

adequate decent fair good gratifying satisfying solid suitable tolerable valid

WEAK

A-OK all right ample appeasing assuaging assuasive average cogent comfortable competent cool delighting enough good enough groovy passable peachy pleasing sound sufficing unexceptional up to snuff

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bad inadequate inappropriate insufficient intolerable unacceptable unreal unreliable unsuitable

WEAK

unfit unsatisfactory

NOUN

enforcement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

administration application imposition prosecution

STRONG

coercion compulsion constraint duress exaction execution impulsion insistence lash obligation prescription pressure reinforcement spur whip

WEAK

carrying-out compulsory law enforcing martial law necessitation

Antonyms

WEAK

abandon disregard forgetfulness neglect renunciation slight

NOUN

execution

Synonyms

STRONG

accomplishment achievement administration completion consummation delivery discharge effect enactment enforcement implementation operation performance prosecution realization rendering style

WEAK

doing nuts and bolts

Antonyms

STRONG

defeat failure hold imprisonment neglect retention

WEAK

abandoning disregard forgetting ignorance leaving

Example Sentences

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"To be the nerd behind the scenes, to help the heroes on this Earth saving us from the bad things happening, it's really fulfilling to be able to have a hand in that," Campbell said.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

He received his own nomination in R&B vocal performance the following year for his story-driven “Patches,” about a young man fulfilling his father’s expectations.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

I don’t mind—since I know it to be among the best and most important and fulfilling positions in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

"As exciting and fulfilling as touring can be, the financial element of it has become really quite stressful," she says.

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

This self-hate, she explained, does not affect just the young boys who find themselves getting in trouble and fulfilling the negative expectations of those in the community and beyond.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander

fulfilling

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