'Populous' definitions:
Definition of 'populous'
From: WordNet
adjective
Densely populated [syn: populous, thickly settled]
Definition of 'Populous'
From: GCIDE
- Populous \Pop"u*lous\, a. [L. populosus, fr. populus people: cf. F. populeux.]
- 1. Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country. [1913 Webster]
- Heaven, yet populous, retains Number sufficient to possess her realms. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Popular; famous. [Obs.] --J. Webster. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Common; vulgar. [Obs.] --Arden of Feversham. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Numerous; in large number. [Obs.] "The dust . . . raised by your populous troops." --Shak. [1913 Webster] -- {Pop"u*lous*ly}, adv. -- {Pop"u*lous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'populous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alive with,
- bristling,
- bursting,
- close,
- colonized,
- compact,
- crammed,
- crawling,
- crowded,
- crowding,
- dense,
- empeopled,
- firm,
- full,
- in profusion,
- inhabited,
- jam-packed,
- jammed,
- lavish,
- legion,
- multifarious,
- multitudinal,
- multitudinous,
- numerous,
- occupied,
- overflowing,
- packed,
- peopled,
- populated,
- prodigal,
- profuse,
- proliferating,
- prolific,
- rife,
- serried,
- settled,
- several,
- solid,
- studded,
- sundry,
- superabundant,
- swarming,
- teeming,
- tenanted,
- thick,
- thick as hail,
- thick with,
- thick-coming,
- thronged,
- thronging,
- various,
- voluminous