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population Synonyms

Another word for population

Choosing another word for population depends on context, so the 12 synonyms and similar words below are separated across 4 exact definitions and ranked by match strength.
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• noun (Context 1)

All the inhabitants of a particular town, area, or country, or the total number of such people.

Usage Example

"The city's inhabitants has grown rapidly over the past two decades due to new job opportunities."

Strongest
inhabitants
residents
Strong
populace
citizenry
people
demographics

• noun (Context 2)

A community of animals, plants, or humans belonging to the same species that live in the same geographic area and are capable of interbreeding.

Usage Example

"Conservationists are closely monitoring the local wolf community to ensure the ecosystem remains balanced."

Strong
community
colony

• noun (Context 3)

In statistics, a complete set of items, individuals, or events that share at least one property in common and from which a statistical sample is drawn.

Usage Example

"The researchers selected a random sample of five hundred students to represent the entire university universe."

Strong
universe

• noun (Context 4)

The action or process of supplying or filling an area or environment with inhabitants.

Usage Example

"The gradual settlement of the river valley began after fertile farmland was discovered there."

Strong
settlement
peopling
colonization

Opposites of population

The opposite of population shifts depending on context. Common opposites include:

depopulation
sample
abandonment
subset
See all opposites of population

• Nearby Words

popularizer
popularly
populate
population
populism
populist
populous

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Wordmom. (2026). Synonyms for Population. In Wordmom Thesaurus. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/synonyms/population
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