Populous

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  • adjective. Containing many people or inhabitants; having a large population.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Full of people; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country.
  • Numerous; multitudinous.
  • Pleasing or acceptable to the people; popular.
  • Suited to the populace; coarse; vulgar.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country.
  • adjective. Popular; famous.
  • adjective. Common; vulgar.
  • adjective. Numerous; in large number.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Having a large population
  • adjective. Densely populated.
  • adjective. Crowded with people.
  • noun. Alternative spelling of populace. Populous is primarily a US /Canadian misspelling of populace .
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. densely populated
  • Word Usage
    "At Aginis he entered the Pasi-Tigris, but he proceeded only about nine miles to a village which he describes as populous and flourishing; here he determined to wait, till he received further information respecting the exact route of the army."
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    inhabited  
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    populace  
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