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populous Definition

popu·lous (päpyə ləs)

adjective

full of people; crowded or thickly populated

Etymology: L populosus < populus, people

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populous Synonyms

populous

modif.

peopled, crowded, populated, thickly settled, serried, dense, thronged, thick, swarming, teeming, crawling with people*.

populous Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • suburb: By 1870 Sydenham had become a thriving and populous suburb and there was obviously a need for a more modern and prestigious inn.
  • district: These places are populous districts on both sides of the river Taff near Merthyr.
  • nation: Indonesia, the world's fourth most populous nation, reported its first three suspected cases.
  • neighborhood: The above Property is well situated in a large & populous neighborhood.
  • parish: It was still a fairly populous parish with a population of over 2200.
  • city: Some islands only have towers in the most populous cities.

Modifying Another Word

  • very: The parish was neither very large nor very populous.
  • so: The squares, moreover, are not nearly so crowded or so populous as the streets and the other parts of the city.
  • infinitely: Newcastle is a spacious, extended, infinitely populous place.
  • highly: Soon after, however, the survivors found they had such great advantages that they became highly successful and eventually highly populous.
  • fairly: It was still a fairly populous parish with a population of over 2200.
  • however: They know this and respect the lenses of the eyes, however populous the assembly be.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: As the village became more populous in the early 19th century, it acquired its own church.
  • grow: The colonies grow more populous by the year, by the month.
populous Quotes

Hell is a city much like Londonö A populous and smoky city.

—Shelley, Percy Bysshe

   A populous railway town of hideous brick shops and habitations.

—Thorne,James