populate
Settle and multiply
To populate a place is to inhabit it or fill it with inhabitants: Immigrants populated the frontier.
The word extends to filling anything with content or data: populate a database, populate a spreadsheet with values.
In computing, fields that populate automatically fill themselves with default or calculated information.
Rapid increase in quantity
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
- spreadTo distribute widely
- increaseGrowth in amount
- expansionIncrease in scope
surge · boom · exponential · proliferate · replenish · reproduce · breed · propagate
Those who establish homes
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
- frontierEdge of settlement
outpost · pioneers · expedition · expansion · establishment · settlement · conquest · annexation
Permanent occupants of place
- residentsPeople living somewhere
- dwellersThose who occupy space
- occupantsThose residing somewhere
- denizensInhabitants of a place
natives · locals · citizens · community · peoples · tribes · households · families
proliferation
Rapid increase in quantity
- multiplicationProduct-finding operation
- spreadTo distribute widely
- increaseGrowth in amount
expansion · surge · boom · exponential · proliferate · replenish · reproduce · breed · propagate · spawn
settlers
Those who establish homes
- colonyDependent territorial settlement
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- territoryLand under jurisdiction
frontier · outpost · pioneers · expedition · expansion · establishment · settlement · conquest · annexation · imperialism
inhabitants
Permanent occupants of place
denizens · natives · locals · citizens · community · peoples · tribes · households · families · folk
database
Organized digital information collection
- fieldsExpanses for cultivation
- spreadsheetTabular data organizer
- entriesItems logged or submitted
records · table · cells · dataset · values · autofill · import · migration · seeding · initialization
teeming
Abundantly full of
overflowing · brimming · crammed · stuffed · jam-packed · bursting · abundant · dense · congested · saturated
- popular beliefsViews held by masses
- native populationOriginal residents of place
- popular kidsSocially dominant students
- popular opinionWidely held belief
- popular voteTotal of citizen votes
- popular cultureMainstream societal trends
popular, population, populace, populated, populations, populating, repopulate, depopulate, populates