populate

Verb

Verb Forms: populated, populating, populates

To inhabit or fill with residents; to furnish with people.
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
fill with inhabitants
- "populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting"
To supply with inhabitants; to people.
To live in; to inhabit.
To increase in number; to breed.
To fill initially empty items in a collection.
To fill initially empty slots or sockets on a circuit board or similar.

Adj

populous

Examples

She hoped her next move would populate the board with enough vowels for future plays.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin populātus, past participle of populor (“populate”), from Latin populus (“people”).

Synonyms

dwell, inhabit, live

Antonyms

depopulate

Scrabble Score: 12

populate: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
populate: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
populate: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

populate: valid Words With Friends Word