I am looking for a one-word antonym for "free" in the context of "a lack of something." For example: "pain-free/free of pain," "error-free/free of errors," "gluten-free/free of gluten"? To say "full" isn't quite right. If a forty-page text contains 1-2 typos, it is not "error-free," but it is also not "full of errors." What about "gluten"? If a pizza isn't "gluten-free," what is it? Gluten-full? Gluten-regular?
Learn English – the opposite of “free,” as in “gluten-free/free of gluten”
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Best Answer
There is no universal one-word replacement for -free.
In the context of foods the appropriate portmanteau is gluten-containing
-containing can be used universally, although there are other alternatives depending on specific food components (eg, sugared for sugar-free)
another word that can be applied almost universally in the context of nutrition is -fortified
-enriched is another alternative but strictly applied refers to addition of an existing constituent (that has been lost during processing for example).
-full is applied in many instances (as in painful), but doesn't sit well with most foods (although -filled very often does).