No city in Europe is as populous as Tokyo.
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Populous
//ˈpɑpjələs//
Synonyms for "populous" (57 found)
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Related words (28)
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6 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
42 translations across 21 languages.
Basque
1 entries- jendetsu adj (having a large population)
Bulgarian
2 entries- гъсто населен adj (densely populated)
- многолюден adj (having a large population)
Catalan
1 entries- populós adj (having a large population)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 人口多 adj (having a large population)
- 人口稠密 adj (having a large population)
Finnish
4 entries- runsasväkinen adj (having a large population)
- ruuhkainen adj (crowded with people)
- tiheästi asuttu adj (densely populated)
- väkirikas adj (having a large population)
French
1 entries- populeux adj (having a large population)
German
4 entries- (dicht) besiedelt adj (densely populated)
- (dicht) bevölkert adj (densely populated)
- bevölkert adj (having a large population)
- bevölkerungsreich adj (having a large population)
Greek
2 entries- πολυάνθρωπος adj (having a large population)
- πυκνοκατοικημένος adj (densely populated)
Italian
2 entries- popolosa adj (having a large population)
- popoloso adj (having a large population)
Japanese
1 entries- 人口の多い adj (having a large population)
Latin
2 entries- celeber adj (densely populated)
- celeber adj (crowded with people)
Manx
2 entries- pobbylagh adj (having a large population)
- pobbylagh adj (densely populated)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- befolkningsrik adj (having a large population)
- folkerik adj (having a large population)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- folkerik adj (having a large population)
Polish
1 entries- ludny adj (having a large population)
Portuguese
1 entries- populoso adj (having a large population)
Russian
2 entries- густонаселённый adj (having a large population)
- многолю́дный adj (having a large population)
Spanish
2 entries- poblado adj (having a large population)
- populoso adj (having a large population)
Swedish
1 entries- folkrik adj (having a large population)
Vietnamese
2 entries- đông adj (having a large population)
- đông đảo adj (having a large population)
Welsh
1 entries- poblog adj (having a large population)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
San Francisco is only one-tenth as populous as New York.
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India is populous.
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Tokyo is more populous than any other city in Japan.
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