populous
Teeming with residents
Populous describes a place with a large population relative to its size or category.
A populous city teems with residents; a populous region has many inhabitants per square mile.
The word emphasizes density and concentration of people rather than raw numbers alone—a small but populous island may have fewer total residents than a sparsely populated continent.
China and India are the world's most populous nations.
The populous coastal areas are vulnerable to hurricanes.
Excessively densely inhabited
- teemingAbundantly full of
- crowdedFilled beyond comfort
- packedFilled to capacity
- inhabitedHaving occupants within
peopled · multitudinous · swarming · crammed · concentrated · high-density · overcrowded · settlement
Of a major city
- megacityUrban area exceeding ten million
- metropolisLarge important city
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
- capitalWealth used for investment
cosmopolitan · municipal · civic · boroughs · districts · downtown · infrastructure · urbanization
Filled beyond capacity
- gridlockComplete mutual obstruction
- trafficMovement along routes
- jammedUnable to move freely
- bottleneckConstriction limiting throughput
cramped · chokepoint · saturated · overflowing · stifling · snarled · clogged · overwhelmed
Experiencing rapid growth
- flourishingProspering vigorously
- growingIncreasing or enlarging
- expandingGrowing in scope
- burgeoningExpanding or developing rapidly
prosperous · vibrant · dynamic · developing · productive · fertile · bustling · robust
overpopulated
Excessively densely inhabited
inhabited · peopled · multitudinous · swarming · crammed · concentrated · high-density · overcrowded · settlement · habitation
metropolitan
Of a major city
- megacityUrban area exceeding ten million
- metropolisLarge important city
- cityscapeView of urban architecture
capital · cosmopolitan · municipal · civic · boroughs · districts · downtown · infrastructure · urbanization · sprawl
overcrowded
Filled beyond capacity
bottleneck · cramped · chokepoint · saturated · overflowing · stifling · snarled · clogged · overwhelmed · strained
booming
Experiencing rapid growth
- flourishingProspering vigorously
- growingIncreasing or enlarging
- expandingGrowing in scope
burgeoning · prosperous · vibrant · dynamic · developing · productive · fertile · bustling · robust · successful
China
East Asian superpower
- IndiaSouth Asian republic
- IndonesiaSoutheast Asian archipelago nation
- BrazilLargest South American nation
Bangladesh · Nigeria · Pakistan · Japan · Philippines · Egypt · Vietnam · Mexico · Ethiopia · Tokyo
- crowdedcrowded, jam-packed, packed like sardines, crammed, jammed
populousuninhabited
Having no occupants
unpopulated · deserted · empty · desolate · sparse
- populous citiesDensely inhabited urban areas
- most populous citySettlement with greatest inhabitants
people, popular, population, populism, unpopular, popularity, populate, populace, popularize