fulfillingful‧fil‧ling /fʊlˈfɪlɪŋ/ ●○○ adjective 
Nursing is still one of the most fulfilling careers.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Finding a fulfilling career may be the key to personal happiness.
- Many older people who have no fulfilling personal relationships lavish their affection on pets.
- Pruitt says that for him, fatherhood is creative and fulfilling.
- But what should be a happy and fulfilling experience all too often is not.
- Each of these courses is vocationally attractive, academically challenging and personally fulfilling.
- In these terms, the purpose of education is to enable the individual to lead a fulfilling and productive life.
- Many people intent on pursuing an exciting and fulfilling career neglect the other two legs.
- Most adults with cystic fibrosis were found to be living fulfilling lives into adulthood.
- One's lifestyle in television can be stressful, artificial and erratic, quite apart from being exciting and creatively fulfilling.
- The days passed quickly in hard, yet fulfilling work.
THESAURUS
making you feel satisfied, because you have got or achieved something you wanted: · There’s something very satisfying about baking your own bread.· Teaching can be immensely satisfying.
satisfying, because you feel you are doing something useful for yourself or for other people: · Nursing is a very rewarding job.· It's been hard work, but very rewarding.
making you feel satisfied and happy with your life, because you are using your abilities in a useful way. Fulfilling and rewarding are very close in meaning. Fulfilling is used more about your feelings about your life in general, and that something makes you feel a happier person: · We want to provide a more fulfilling life for people who are mentally ill.· a happier and more fulfilling relationship· What should be a happy and fulfilling experience all too often is not.
making you feel pleased and satisfied, because something is good: · The results of the training scheme were very pleasing.
making you feel pleased and satisfied, especially because people like what you have done, or you feel that you were right about something: · Their enthusiastic reception of his paintings was very gratifying.· It's gratifying to know that these videos are appreciated.· It is extremely gratifying to hear that something I did affected someone's life in such a positive way.
Longman Language Activatormaking you feel satisfied a job, activity, or experience that is satisfying makes you feel satisfied, because you enjoy doing it and the results are often very good: · There's something very satisfying about baking your own bread.· Working with children with special needs can be a satisfying and rewarding experience.
something that is fulfilling , such as a job or way of life, makes you feel satisfied and happy, because you are using your abilities in a useful way: · Pruitt says that for him, fatherhood is creative and fulfilling.· Many older people who have no fulfilling personal relationships lavish their affection on pets.
a job or activity that is rewarding is satisfying, because you feel you are doing something useful for yourself or for other people: · Nursing is a very rewarding job.· The literature course has been hard work, but very rewarding.· By planning for retirement, you can make it a happy and rewarding time of your life.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy: expect things to go wrong, and they probably will.
making you feel happy and satisfied because you are doing interesting, useful, or important things SYN satisfying: It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy: expect things to go wrong, and they probably will. Nursing is still one of the most fulfilling careers.