populous
[pop-yuh-luh s]
- full of residents or inhabitants, as a region; heavily populated.
- jammed or crowded with people: There's no more populous place than Times Square on New Year's Eve.
- forming or comprising a large number or quantity: Because of epidemics the tribes are not nearly so populous as they once were.
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Origin of populous
Synonyms
See more synonyms for populous on Thesaurus.com2. swarming, packed, teeming.
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Contemporary Examples
In populous Miami-Dade County, bathrooms will be closed in polling places on Election Day.
Fairfax County, the most populous jurisdiction in the state, was once a Republican bastion.
Boot details, however, that providing basic security for a populous need not entail brutal methods.
It is the sixth–most populous country in the world, with the largest youth cohort anywhere.
New York, with 19.4 million residents, is the sixth and most populous state to legalize gay marriage.
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Historical Examples
He found himself an outcast in the midst of the populous camp.
White FangJack London
Even the Esmeralda Mountains were no longer roamed by populous herds.
Louisiana LouWilliam West Winter
The convent was situated in the most populous part of Madrid.
Roman Catholicism in SpainAnonymous
Yes, it was a far cry from the African jungles to populous Manhattan.
The Mind MasterArthur J. Burks
From this place he marched two stages—ten parasangs—to Tyriaeum, a populous city.
AnabasisXenophon
populous
- containing many inhabitants; abundantly populated
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Word Origin
C15: from Late Latin populōsus
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Word Origin and History for populous
adj.
early 15c., from post-classical Latin populosus "full of people, populous," from populus "people" (see people (n.)). Related: Populousness.
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