English Synonym Finder

populate

Definitions

To inhabit or live in a particular place or area.

To fill a space or container with people or things.

To automatically fill fields or data into a computer document or database.

Examples

The software will automatically populate the form fields with your saved information.

Volunteers worked all weekend to populate the database with historical records.

A new species of bird has begun to populate the island's northern forests.

Synonyms

inhabit colonize occupy settle people dwell fill

Antonyms

depopulate evacuate abandon desert empty clear vacate