populous
Use Populous in a sentence
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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Example sentences
The wealth gap explains why congresspeople seem so terribly disconnected from the plight of the populous.
No other advanced, populous country will see such diversity.
Since developing economies are more populous than rich ones, they will inevitably come to dominate the world economy.
With animal habitat and grain patches shrinking, a number of villages suddenly became too populous for the local food supply.
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