Synonyms of populated

populated

verb

past tense of populate

as in inhabited

to supply with inhabitants

a small island populated only by woodland creatures

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inhabited
• peopled
• colonized
• settled
• moved (to)
• relocated (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• depopulated
• unpeopled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of populated

These are towns that were largely populated by white flight in the last several decades. — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026

Take Málaga’s Monumental Cemetery of San Sebastian, in Spain, which overlooks the typical picturesque Andalusian countryside populated with olive groves. — Mitchell Gilburne, Architectural Digest, 26 Oct. 2026

Trading zero-day options may also require significant expertise, given a market populated with sophisticated traders. — Daniel Kern, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Loose and populated by talented people, Minimum Wage fits in with a lot of the more web-friendly programming that Netflix has been tiptoeing around recently with podcasts and medium-jumping formats. — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026

More recently, the evolution of AI has increased the ease with which these websites can be populated with content, eliminating the need to pay writers and automating the production of social media posts. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

Parks and gardens are woven into every neighborhood; check out the shocking-pink Portland Street micro park spliced between tenements in Yau Ma Tei; Victoria Park in Causeway Bay; and Kowloon Park, which has a lake populated by real-life flamingos. — Lee Cobaj, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026

The area is sparsely populated with private estates set atop hills or within canyons, making firefighting access difficult. — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

Rubio’s idea of the West is both messier and simpler, populated by muscular explorers and conquerors, from Alexander the Great and the Frankish king Charlemagne to the conquistador Hernán Cortés and the frontiersmen of the American West. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2026