Antonyms for population
ˌpɒp yəˈleɪ ʃənpop·u·la·tion

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1. population

   A community is in general terms the aggregate of persons inhabiting any territory in common and viewed as having common interests; a commonwealth is such a body of persons having a common government, especially a republican government; as, the commonwealth of Massachusetts. A community may be very small; a commonwealth is ordinarily of considerable extent. A people is the aggregate of any public community, either in distinction from their rulers or as including them; a race is a division of mankind in the line of origin and ancestry; the people of the United States includes members of almost every race. The use of people as signifying persons collectively, as in the statement "The hall was full of people," has been severely criticized, but is old and accepted English, and may fitly be classed as idiomatic, and often better than persons, by reason of its collectivism. As Dean Alford suggests, it would make a strange transformation of the old hymn "All people that on earth do dwell" to sing "All persons that on earth do dwell." A state is an organized political community considered in its corporate capacity as "a body politic and corporate;" as, a legislative act is the act of the state; every citizen is entitled to the protection of the state. A nation is an organized political community considered with reference to the persons composing it as having certain definite boundaries, a definite number of citizens, etc. The members of a people are referred to as persons or individuals; the individual members of a state or nation are called citizens or subjects. The population of a country is simply the aggregate of persons residing within its borders, without reference to race, organization, or allegiance; unnaturalized residents form part of the population, but not of the nation, possessing none of the rights and being subject to none of the duties of citizens. In American usage State signifies one commonwealth of the federal union known as the United States. Tribe is now almost wholly applied to rude peoples with very imperfect political organization; as, the Indian tribes; nomadic tribes. Compare MOB.

   Synonyms:
   commonwealth, community, nation, people, race, state, tribe

Matched Categories

1. • Collection
   • Colonization
   • Group
   • Integer
   • People
   • Statistics

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 4 votes

1. populationnoun

   the people who inhabit a territory or state

   "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed"

   Synonyms:
   universe

2. populationnoun

   a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area

   "they hired hunters to keep down the deer population"

   Synonyms:
   universe

3. population, universenoun

   (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn

   "it is an estimate of the mean of the population"

   Synonyms:
   cosmos, existence, macrocosm, creation, world, universe, universe of discourse

4. populationnoun

   the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)

   "people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade"; "the African-American population of Salt Lake City has been increasing"

   Synonyms:
   universe

5. populationnoun

   the act of populating (causing to live in a place)

   "he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals"

   Synonyms:
   universe

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. populationnoun

   Synonyms:
   inhabitants

How to use population in a sentence?

1. Tom Kloza:

   I think the propensity for panic among the population is much, much higher than it has been, i think we have to worry about prices, supply and crowd behavior.

2. Bruce Elliott:

   If you have an employee population with a high BMI or high level of bad cholesterol, rather than doing exercise programs, you may want to talk to your employees about nutrition, diet and how to shop for vegetables and fruit, as basic as that is.

3. Ronit Lupu:

   This discovery represents a highly significant addition to our research of the city and the vicinity. Apart from the pottery, the fascinating flint finds attest to the livelihood of the local population in prehistoric times: Small sickle blades for harvesting cereal crops, chisels and polished axes for building, borers and awls, and even a bead made of carnelian (a gemstone), indicating that jewelry was either made or imported, the grinding tools, mortars and pestles, like the basalt bowl, attest to technological skills as well as to the kinds of crafts practiced in the local community.

4. Thomas Vinterberg:

   What I find very important to stress here is that behind that there's a population of pretty good-hearted people who I just think are confused and fearful about what's going on, and I'm hopeful -- I don't think that this film will change anything -- but hopefully the values of generosity and sharing can re-awaken at some point.

5. Bill Gilmer:

   This is ultimately a moral dilemma between the good of the majority of the population based on an improved economy, versus those most damaged by letting this disease continue to spread and potentially letting the hospital system be overwhelmed, it's not just about economics, it's a moral decision.

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