FULFILLS Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words

fulfills

verb

variants or fulfils

present tense third-person singular of fulfill

as in satisfies

to do what is required by the terms of the football player must remain with the team one more year to fulfill his contract

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as in accomplishes

to carry through (as a process) to completion you have fulfilled your duties most admirably

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Recent Examples of fulfills The Chair44 discovery, on the other hand, fulfills a decades-long quest to find a strong example. — Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026 My heart is not in it, my kids are my life, my work supports us and fulfills me, along with hobbies. — Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026 Telsey Advisory Group analyst Joe Feldman said an outside agent could create distance between Amazon and its shoppers, even if Amazon ultimately fulfills the order. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026 Civic Federation President Joe Ferguson agreed that whether or not Johnson fulfills his pledge to transparently outline the projection will prove critical. — Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026 This fulfills a key demand for nearly 30 percent of consumers. — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026 Zacha, who has 706 career games, has become a center who fulfills Sturm’s asks in multiple areas. — Fluto Shinzawa, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026 With Blue in the Face, Koy fulfills a two-special Netflix deal inked in 2023. — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026 In the town of Paradise, Montana, a historic hot springs resort quietly fulfills the promise of the town’s idyllic name. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2026

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In an email, HHS spokesperson Emily Hilliard wrote that every committee member satisfies the FDA’s ethics requirements.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
As that churn suggests, none of these stories satisfies him, none proves sufficient to sustain a self.

— Garth Greenwell, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of satisfies

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By avoiding a price cut, this option maintains the value of your property and nearby residences but still accomplishes your goal of bringing would-be buyers to your place.

— Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
After all, the brain evidently accomplishes this task far more efficiently than transformers do.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of accomplishes

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Highly possible, yet the USA keeps assuring Ukranian leaders that the support of the United States is with them.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
One of cosmology’s greatest mysteries is the nature of dark energy—the invisible force that keeps the universe expanding at an ever-increasing rate.

— Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of keeps

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While Motor Decide helps identify the best motor technology pathway, Motor AI performs the detailed motor design work needed to bring those concepts to life, according to a press release.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Narges also performs the majority of her own stunts across the series.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of performs

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With the season’s final two episodes not provided to critics, there’s no way to say yet whether The Lowdown achieves that mythical outcome of all mystery seasons, the Finale That Pulls It All Together.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
The mill achieves this hand feel through fiber selection and construction, rather than applied as a chemical treatment that wears off over time.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of achieves

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The most important job of the General Assembly is to adopt a state budget, in a timely manner, that meets the moment and invests in the future.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026
On the prison bus, Thomas meets Lisa, his con-artist partner-to-be from episode one.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of meets

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TensorFlow Lite, a Google software tool, executes movements, including walking and recovery, using data from the phone’s internal sensors a few times per second.

— muskanbhatia, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Teams built one system that both decides what to do and executes it.

— Alex Salazar, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026

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