Synonyms for populous
ˈpɒp yə ləspop·u·lous

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1. populous

   Synonyms:
   crowded, dense, swarming, thronged

   Antonyms:
   deserted, thin, scanty, unfrequented, unoccupied, uninhabited

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1. populous, thickly settledadjective

   densely populated

   Synonyms:
   thickly settled

   Antonyms:
   uninhabited

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1. populousadjective

   Synonyms:
   crowded, thickly settled

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1. List of paraphrases for "populous":

   populated, crowded, overcrowded

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1. List of known nicknames for "Populous":

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1. Aristotle:

   A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.

2. Jonathan Pryke:

   Most of the drivers of the tension have been in the country for many decades and generations, and a lot of it is born out of the abject poverty of the country, the limited economic development opportunities and the inter-ethnic and inter-island rivalry between the two most populous islands, so everyone's pointing fingers, but some fingers also need to be pointed at the political leaders of the Solomon Islands.

3. Jim Sparling:

   On a per capita basis, we are second only to Ontario (Canada's most populous province) for installed solar capacity.

4. Bob Deans:

   As the most populous country on Earth, China has much to do with the kind of world the next generation will inherit, in our country and around the world, we’re proud of our work, in China and elsewhere, helping to create a more sustainable future for everyone, and we look forward to discussing that work with Chairman Bishop and the committee.

5. Leigh Henry:

   The threat is still the gillnet, but Leigh Henry’re now dealing with a whole new industry, instead of legal shrimp fishers, we’re now dealing with transnational organized crime and people working on the black market. In the last few years, the Mexican government has stepped up its efforts to curtail poaching in the Gulf of California – the body of water that separates the Baja Peninsula from the rest of Mexico – adding in June two small boats, a number of vehicles and 135 sailors to an enforcement force deployed in 2015 under the Upper Gulf of California Integrated Protection Program. The new support joined the 13 ships, five vehicles, a helicopter-carrying ship and a plane already deployed to combat illegal fishing in the region. The U.S., which is seen as the main transshipment country for the totoaba’s bladders, has also joined in the fight against traffickers. Last year, U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized 1,328 pounds of totoaba fish bladders that were in route to Hong Kong. While conservationists agree that the main battle to save the totoaba and vaquita is in Mexican water, they acknowledge that the demand for the bladders in China is the reason for the illegal trade and argued that officials in Beijing and Hong Kong need to crack down on the underground fish trade. ' WORLD'S SADDEST POLAR BEAR' MOVED AFTER OUTPOURING OF OUTRAGE TOWARDS CHINESE MALL The problem, experts argue, is that wildlife trafficking is so pervasive in the world’s most populous nation that authorities are stretched thin and forced to give priority to larger cases.