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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pop•u•lous /ˈpɑpyələs/USA pronunciation adj. - containing many people;
heavily populated:a populous area.
pop•u•lous•ness, n. [uncountable]See -pop-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pop•u•lous (pop′yə ləs),USA pronunciation adj. - full of residents or inhabitants, as a region;
heavily populated. - jammed or crowded with people:There's no more populous place than Times Square on New Year's Eve.
- forming or comprising a large number or quantity:Because of epidemics the tribes are not nearly so populous as they once were.
- Latin populōsus. See people, -ous
- late Middle English populus 1400–50
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged swarming, packed, teeming.
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