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populous

American  
[pop-yuh-luhs] / ˈpɒp yə ləs /

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.
    Synonyms:
    teeming, packed

  3. forming or comprising a large number or quantity.

    Because of epidemics the tribes are not nearly so populous as they once were.
populous British  
/ ˈpɒpjʊləs /

adjective

  1. containing many inhabitants; abundantly populated

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Other Word Forms

  • nonpopulous adjective
  • nonpopulously adverb
  • nonpopulousness noun
  • overpopulous adjective
  • overpopulously adverb
  • overpopulousness noun
  • populously adverb
  • populousness noun
  • unpopulous adjective
  • unpopulously adverb
  • unpopulousness noun

Etymology

Origin of populous

1400–50; late Middle English populus < Latin populōsus. See people, -ous

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