US /ɪˈvɛntfəl/ UK /ɪˈvɛntfəl/
adj Freq #31207

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    full of important, interesting, or unusual events

    The expedition had an eventful first week, including two storms and an emergency landing.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · full of important,... action-packedmemorablemomentousdramatic
Opposites
Word family
Related forms eventeventfulness

Etymology

Formed in English from event + -ful. Event came through French from Latin eventus ("outcome, occurrence"), while -ful gives the sense "full of"; an eventful period is therefore one crowded with notable occurrences.

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