peopling

verb

present participle of people
as in populating
to supply with inhabitants a science-fiction novel about a mission to people Mars

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for peopling
  1. populating
  2. inhabiting
  3. colonizing
Verb
  • Don't mindlessly scroll, let your guard down and start clicking to hand over your self-populating banking info.
    — Meghan Schiller, CBS News, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Lots of really neat features (like easily updating dates and automatically populating a watchlist).
    — David Pierce, The Verge, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of populating
Verb
  • Jones, best known for his work on Amazon Prime’s young adult drama Panic, is inhabiting the role of influential but troubled rapper Tupac Shakur.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Drawing, for him, was a way of inhabiting the world, of making a mark in it and, perhaps, of inventing a place for himself there.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of inhabiting
Verb
  • Some laud him as a new Magellan; the eccentric billionaire set on colonizing Mars.
    — Joe Rae, Space.com, 6 Nov. 2026
  • Dreams of colonizing Mars face many significant obstacles given the harsh conditions (for humans) on the red planet—including housing.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of colonizing
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“Peopling.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peopling. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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