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Populate
//ˈpɒp.jʊˌleɪt//
Synonyms for "populate" (53 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (26)
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1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
11 entrieshas context
2 entriesrelated to
12 entriesTranslations
56 translations across 21 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- заселвам verb (to supply with inhabitants)
- населявам verb (to live in)
- попълвам verb (to fill a list)
Catalan
1 entries- poblar verb (to supply with inhabitants)
Danish
1 entries- befolke verb (to live in)
Dutch
3 entries- aanvullen verb (to fill a list)
- bevolken verb (to supply with inhabitants)
- wonen verb (to live in)
French
3 entries- peupler verb (to supply with inhabitants)
- peupler verb (to live in)
- remplir verb (to fill a list)
German
4 entries- besiedeln verb (to supply with inhabitants)
- besiedeln verb (to live in)
- bestücken verb (to fill slots or sockets)
- bevölkern verb (to live in)
Hungarian
4 entries- belakik verb (to live in)
- benépesít verb (to supply with inhabitants)
- betelepít verb (to supply with inhabitants)
- feltölt verb (to fill a list)
Ido
2 entries- populizar verb (to supply with inhabitants)
- populizar verb (to live in)
Malay
2 entries- diami verb (to live in)
- memperpenduduk verb (to supply with inhabitants)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- udjaza verb (to supply with inhabitants)
Pashto
1 entries- ودانول verb (to supply with inhabitants)
Persian
3 entries- اسکاندن verb (to fill a list)
- سکنادن verb (to fill a list)
- سکناگزیدن verb (to live in)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- bevelkjren verb (to supply with inhabitants)
Polish
4 entries- zaludniać verb (to supply with inhabitants)
- zaludniać verb (to live in)
- zaludnić verb (to supply with inhabitants)
- zaludnić verb (to live in)
Portuguese
1 entries- povoar verb (to supply with inhabitants)
Romanian
1 entries- popula verb (to supply with inhabitants)
Russian
3 entries- заполнить verb (to fill a list)
- заселять verb (to supply with inhabitants)
- населя́ть verb (to live in)
Spanish
1 entries- poblar verb (to supply with inhabitants)
Turkish
2 entries- meskûn kılmak verb (to supply with inhabitants)
- şeneltmek verb (to supply with inhabitants)
Ukrainian
4 entries- запо́внювати verb (to fill a list)
- засели́ти verb (to supply with inhabitants)
- заселя́ти verb (to supply with inhabitants)
- насели́ти verb (to supply with inhabitants)
Welsh
1 entries- poblogi verb (to supply with inhabitants)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
If we humans want to survive for hundreds of thousands of millions of years, we must ultimately populate other planets.
Source: tatoeba (8717093)
If humans eventually populate outer space, and it is very iffy, what kind of society will they want?
Source: tatoeba (10570993)
The queen ant lays eggs to populate the nest.
Source: tatoeba (11500627)
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