over populous
yə adjective
1.
full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated.
2.
jammed or crowded with people: There's no more populous place than Times Square on New Year's Eve.
3.
forming or comprising a large number or quantity: Because of epidemics the tribes are not nearly so populous as they once were.
Related forms
pop·u·lous·ly, adverb
pop·u·lous·ness, noun
non·pop·u·lous, adjective
non·pop·u·lous·ly, adverb
non·pop·u·lous·ness, noun
o·ver·pop·u·lous, adjective
o·ver·pop·u·lous·ly, adverb
o·ver·pop·u·lous·ness, noun
un·pop·u·lous, adjective
un·pop·u·lous·ly, adverb
un·pop·u·lous·ness, noun
Synonyms
2. swarming, packed, teeming.
2. swarming, packed, teeming.
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| —adj | |
| containing many inhabitants; abundantly populated | |
| [C15: from Late Latin populōsus] | |
| 'populously | |
| —adv | |
| 'populousness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
populous
c.1449, from L. populosus (c.160) "full of people, populous," from populus "people."
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