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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
EXPANDo·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
COLLAPSESynonyms
2. swarming, packed, teeming.
2. swarming, packed, teeming.
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Populous
is always a great word to know.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
Example Sentences
- The media is too sly and the propaganda is too thick for the general populous to decipher the truth.
- It's an area that's populous and more urban, and so it carries less of a musical history.
- But the picture in the mixed and highly populous center of the country is, if anything, becoming more complicated.
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Word Origin & History
populous
c.1449, from L. populosus (c.160) "full of people, populous," from populus "people."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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