Large
Populous
Populous adjective - Densely populated.
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Large and populous are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Large" instead an adjective "Populous".
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A city like London is not only very populous, but it also has a large number of tourists visiting each day.
Source: One Degree of Separation - World of Warcraft reintroduced world PvP in Wrath of the Lich King but soon face the issue that on realms with large population disparities, the more populous side would always win.
Source: Comeback Mechanic -
The field telephone was typically used only by law enforcement (and in large cities, more populous counties and state agencies at that) and the very rich in 1979.
Source: Technology Marches On
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Populous and Large. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 02, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/large/populous
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Populous or Large. 2016. Accessed August 02, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/large/populous.
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