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. Ryan Bomberger:

   Faith shapes the way that I think and the way I create, instead of joining our culture today in looking through the broken lens of race, the broken lens of class, the broken lens of ‘fill-in-the-blank’ — as a Christian, I want to look through the breakthrough filter of Christ.

2. Ian Kerner:

   Playboy was sort of the Norman Rockwell of porn, these days, we have not pictures, but motion pictures. Nothing is left to the imagination. You don't have to fill in the blanks.

3. Rafay Baloch:

   A person who requires others to fill in happiness in their lives or solely depends on others to full-fill their needs is a sign of a weak person.

4. Brad Hodson:

   It is easier just to go sick because you don't have to fill in reports.

5. Cameron Todd:

   The mine never gets any bigger, you just fill in one end and dig out the other. You don't have an oil sands area the size of the city of Calgary.