population

Noun

Meaning

The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants.

The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

people public community society populace universe citizenry residents inhabitants nation folk masses body politic commonalty townsfolk
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Antonyms

outlander best quality flora elite vegetation
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Hypernyms

integer group people collection settlement accumulation

Hyponyms

overpopulation home front subpopulation

Related terms

popular populous populate

Phrases with the word

population boom population decline population health population dynamics population bomb population explosion

Examples

The general population doesn't know what's happening, and it doesn't even know that it doesn't know. Noam Chomsky

The increase in the world's population represents our victory against death. Julian Simon

The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other. Divorces help to improve morals and to increase the population. Denis Diderot

A finite world can support only a finite population; therefore, population growth must eventually equal zero. Garrett Hardin

Education has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading. G. M. Trevelyan

If you educate a woman, you have educated a population. Kiganda Proverb

Close letter words and terms

populated populated area populated zone population analysis population at large population biologist