| Main Entry: | populous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | packed with inhabitants |
Synonyms: |
crawling, crowded, dense, heavily populated, jammed, legion, many, multifarious, multitudinal, multitudinous, numerous, occupied, overpopulated, peopled, populated, settled, several, swarming, teeming, thick, thronged, various, voluminous |
| Notes: | populace is people in general considered as a whole, the general public; populous means densely populated |
Antonyms: |
deserted |
| Main Entry: | crowded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | busy, congested |
Synonyms: |
SRO, awash, brimful, brimming, chock-full, clean, close, compact, crammed, cramped, crushed, dense, elbow-to-elbow, filled to the rafters, fit to bust, full, full house, full up, huddled, jam-packed, jammed, loaded, lousy with, massed, mob scene, mobbed, overflowing, packed, populous, sardined, sold out, standing room only, stiff with, stuffed, swarming, teeming, thick, thickset, thronged, tight, topped off, up to here, up to the hilt, wall-to-wall |
Antonyms: |
empty, uncongested, uncrowded, unfilled |
| Main Entry: | large |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | big, abundant |
Synonyms: |
ample, barn door, blimp, booming, broad, bulky, capacious, colossal, comprehensive, considerable, copious, enormous, excessive, exorbitant, extensive, extravagant, full, generous, giant, gigantic, goodly, grand, grandiose, great, gross, hefty, huge, humongous*, immeasurable, immense, jumbo, liberal, massive, monumental, mountainous, plentiful, populous, roomy, sizable, spacious, stupendous, substantial, super, sweeping, thumping, tidy, vast, voluminous, whopping, wide |
Antonyms: |
little, miniature, small, tiny |
| Main Entry: | legion |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | numerous |
Synonyms: |
countless, many, multifarious, multitudinal, multitudinous, myriad, numberless, populous, several, sundry, various, very many, voluminous |
Antonyms: |
few, numbered |
| Main Entry: | many |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | profuse, abundant |
Synonyms: |
abounding, alive with, bounteous, bountiful, copious, countless, crowded, divers, frequent, innumerable, legion, lousy with, manifold, multifarious, multifold, multiplied, multitudinous, myriad, no end of, numberless, numerous, plentiful, populous, prevalent, rife, several, sundry, teeming, umpteen, uncounted, varied, various |
| Notes: | many means being one of a large indefinite number, while much means great in quantity, degree, or extent many means being one of a large indefinite number; several means of an indefinite number more than 2 or 3 but not many |
Antonyms: |
few, scarce |
| Main Entry: | multiple/multifarious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | diversified, |
Synonyms: |
collective, conglomerate, different, diverse, diversiform, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, legion, manifold, many, miscellaneous assorted, mixed, motley, multiform, multiplex, multitudinal, multitudinous, numerous, populous, several, sundry, varied, variegated, various, voluminous |
Antonyms: |
single, singular, unvaried |
| Main Entry: | multitudinous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | many, considerable |
Synonyms: |
abounding, abundant, considerable, copious, countless, great, heaps, infinite, innumerable, innumerous, legion, manifold, multifarious, myriad, numberless, numerous, populous, profuse, quite a few, several, sundry, teeming, uncountable, uncounted, unnumbered, untold, various, voluminous |
Antonyms: |
few, limited |
| Main Entry: | numerous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | many, abundant |
Synonyms: |
big, copious, diverse, great, infinite, large, legion, lousy with, multifarious, multitudinal, multitudinous, plentiful, populous, profuse, rife, scads, several, sundry, thick, umpteen, various, voluminous, zillion |
Antonyms: |
deficient, few, lacking, little, small |
| Main Entry: | occupied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inhabited; in use |
Synonyms: |
busy, engaged, full, leased, lived-in, peopled, populated, populous, rented, settled, taken, unavailable, utilized |
Antonyms: |
empty, free, uninhabited, unoccupied, vacant |
| Main Entry: | teeming |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | abundant, full |
Synonyms: |
alive, brimful, brimming, bristling, bursting, chock-full, crammed, crawling, filled, fruitful, multitudinous, numerous, overflowing, packed, plentiful, populous, pregnant, replete, rife, swarming, thick, thronged |
Antonyms: |
empty, lacking, needing, wanting |