Definition

Adjective: 1. Inhabited by people; having a population: Describes a place, area, or region where people live. It often implies the presence of a settled or established community. * The peopled valleys contrasted with the empty mountains. * This is a densely peopled island.

Usage Notes

• "Peopled" is the adjective form derived from the verb "to people." It is used to describe the state of a location.
• It is typically used before a noun (e.g., ) or after a linking verb like "is" or "was" (e.g., ).
• It can be modified by adverbs like "densely," "sparsely," "newly," or "anciently" to describe the nature or history of the population.

Examples

• The explorer documented the peopled coasts and the wildlife of the interior.
• Historically, these peopled plains were the heart of the ancient kingdom.
• The continent was not always so sparsely peopled.

Advanced Usage

• "Newly peopled": Recently settled or inhabited.
  • The newly peopled colony faced many challenges in its first year.
• "Mythically peopled": Inhabited by mythical or legendary beings in stories.
  • The forest was mythically peopled by spirits and fairies in the old tales.

Variants and Related Words

• People (verb): To furnish with or as if with people; to inhabit.
  • Immigrants peopled the new territory over generations.
• People (noun): Human beings in general; a collective body of persons.
• Unpeopled (adjective): Not inhabited by people; deserted.
  • The ship washed up on an unpeopled shore.

Synonyms

• Inhabited, populated, occupied, settled.

Antonyms

• Uninhabited, unpopulated, deserted, vacant, empty.

Adjective

1. furnished with people
   • sparsely peopled arctic regions