populous

[ pop-yuh-luhs ]

/ ˈpɒp yə ləs /

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adjective

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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2 swarming, packed, teeming.

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Origin of populous

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

OTHER WORDS FROM populous

pop·u·lous·ly, adverbpop·u·lous·ness, nounnon·pop·u·lous, adjectivenon·pop·u·lous·ly, adverb

non·pop·u·lous·ness, nouno·ver·pop·u·lous, adjectiveo·ver·pop·u·lous·ly, adverbo·ver·pop·u·lous·ness, nounun·pop·u·lous, adjectiveun·pop·u·lous·ly, adverbun·pop·u·lous·ness, noun

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH populous

populace, population, populous

Words nearby populous

population pyramid, populism, populist, Populist party, populist shop steward, populous, pop-up, pop wine, p.o.r., porae, porangi

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How to use populous in a sentence

In Montgomery County, the state’s most populous jurisdiction, officials rejected the governor’s call in the name of racial equity, focusing on the tens of thousands of health-care workers who remained unvaccinated.
Confusion and chaos: Inside the vaccine rollout in D.C., Maryland and Virginia|Julie Zauzmer, Gregory S. Schneider, Erin Cox|February 9, 2021|Washington Post
Los Angeles is the most populous county in the US, with just over 10 million residents.
5 graphs that show how bad COVID-19 is in LA County|Sara Chodosh|January 26, 2021|Popular-Science
In a news conference Monday, county lawmakers called on the Hogan administration to provide more vaccine doses to Montgomery, the state’s most populous jurisdiction.
Coronavirus vaccination appointments canceled in D.C. region as health officials confront scarce supply|Jenna Portnoy, Rachel Chason, Rebecca Tan, Hannah Natanson|January 25, 2021|Washington Post
Laschet’s region of NRW, Germany’s most populous state, is one of the country’s hardest hit areas.
Angela Merkel's CDU Party Is Choosing a New Leader. Whoever Wins Might Become Germany's Next Chancellor|Madeline Roache|January 14, 2021|Time

Montgomery County, the state’s most populous jurisdiction, has added 3,057 in the past seven days.
Coronavirus caseload average sets another record in Washington region|Rachel Chason, Jenna Portnoy|January 7, 2021|Washington Post
The technologies of war became more deadly and the planet grew more populous, so the death tolls were often enormous.
War! What Is It Good For? A Lot|Nick Romeo|August 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In populous Miami-Dade County, bathrooms will be closed in polling places on Election Day.
The ID Whose Time Has Come|Eleanor Clift|April 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But a leading gubernatorial candidate from our second-most populous state?
GOP’s Wango Tango With Ted Nugent|Michelle Cottle|February 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
While the mass populous is being pumped with merriment to the point of nausea a single Misfit can be seen in the distance.
Christmas Misfits Unite|Dr. Michelle K. London|December 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Fairfax County, the most populous jurisdiction in the state, was once a Republican bastion.
Virginia Election: 5 Things to Watch Tuesday|Ben Jacobs|November 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Full of clamour, a populous city, a joyous city: thy slain are not slain by the sword, nor dead in battle.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Olinda partook of all these advantages, and was itself the best built and most populous town in Brazil.
Journal of a Voyage to Brazil|Maria Graham
What became of such as Ruth, who had no home and no friends in that large, populous, desolate town?
Ruth|Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
Such was the case, and it would be fortunate if large and populous places always found and returned men of such abilities.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan
Where was my great commerce that so lately had made these glistening expanses populous and beautiful with its white-winged flocks?
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete|Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

British Dictionary definitions for populous

populous

/ (ˈpɒpjʊləs) /

adjective

containing many inhabitants; abundantly populated

Derived forms of populous

populously, adverbpopulousness, noun

Word Origin for populous

C15: from Late Latin populōsus

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