inhabited

Definitions

Occupied or lived in by people or animals.

Having a population; populated.

Examples

The remote island has been inhabited by a small community of fishermen for centuries.

Scientists were surprised to discover that the deep-sea caves were inhabited by a previously unknown species.

Although the old mansion looked abandoned, it was actually inhabited by a colony of bats.

Synonyms

occupied populated settled tenanted lived-in peopled resident

Antonyms

unoccupied vacant uninhabited empty deserted abandoned vacated