Synonyms for fill in
fill in

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1. fill inverb

   Synonyms:
   fill out

2. fill inverb

   To fill; to replace material that is absent or has been removed.

   After you're done laying the pipe, fill in the trench.

   Synonyms:
   fill out

3. fill inverb

   To inform somebody, especially to supply someone missing or missed information.

   If you know anything about this, maybe you can fill me in.

   Synonyms:
   fill out

4. fill inverb

   To substitute for somebody or something.

   He can't go on vacation very often because there is nobody to fill in for him.

   Synonyms:
   fill out

5. fill inverb

   To complete a form or questionnaire with requested information.

   Synonyms:
   fill out

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1. stand-in, substitute, relief, reliever, backup, backup man, fill-inverb

   someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

   "the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes"; "we need extra employees for summer fill-ins"

   Synonyms:
   backup man, rest period, second-stringer, stand-in, respite, support, accompaniment, ease, backup, rest, succour, allayer, assuagement, relief pitcher, musical accompaniment, rilievo, easing, replacement, reserve, easement, reliever, relief, alleviation, fill-in, succor, comforter, substitute, relievo, moderation, computer backup, ministration, sculptural relief, embossment, championship, backing, patronage, fireman

2. fill inverb

   supply with information on a specific topic

   "He filled me in on the latest developments"

   Synonyms:
   fill out, shade, stand in, complete, make out, sub, substitute

3. shade, fill inverb

   represent the effect of shade or shadow on

   Synonyms:
   shade off, shadow, fill out, shade, stand in, complete, make out, sub, substitute

4. substitute, sub, stand in, fill inverb

   be a substitute

   "The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague"; "The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet"

   Synonyms:
   make out, sub, exchange, shade, fill out, step in, deputise, stand in, complete, replace, deputize, interchange, substitute

5. complete, fill out, fill in, make outverb

   write all the required information onto a form

   "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"

   Synonyms:
   tell apart, distinguish, have intercourse, get it on, have a go at it, fatten, dispatch, come, complete, spot, love, be intimate, cut, nail, fat, know, get along, write out, make love, fill out, flesh out, fare, have sex, plump out, plump, sub, grapple, pick out, eff, eke out, round, deal, do it, manage, contend, finish, pad, round out, do, bonk, bed, stand in, fatten out, lie with, make out, discern, substitute, sleep together, recognize, jazz, sleep with, fatten up, bang, hump, screw, discharge, issue, recognise, have it away, cope, make do, get by, roll in the hay, neck, have it off, get laid, shade

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1. Eric Simpson:

   We're asked to fill in questionnaire after questionnaire about how much we pay people, how much waste we produce and the questionnaires just get longer and longer and longer.

2. Pamela Card:

   Pamela Card have to fill in a simple form, they asked for an ID to confirm Pamela Card name, I showed my Mexican national ID and that was all.

3. Chelsea Clinton:

   The way that we answer that question is, do you have a vision of what you would do with this job, fill in the blank -- for your local school board or to be president. Do you think you have the skills to then hopefully succeed to do what you want to do and do you think that you'd a better job than who is there now?

4. Chris Barron:

   They believe that Trump is somehow this autocratic despot and they're waiting for any words that fill in that narrative.

5. Bennie Thompson:

   So in that respect... Ivanka Trump have been able to systematically, with Ivanka Trump depositions and interviewing of other witnesses, Ivanka Trump've been able to fill in a lot of the gaps.