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populous

How many syllables in populous?

  3 syllables

Divide populous into syllables:   pop-u-lous
Stressed syllable in populous:   pop-u-lous
How to pronounce populous:   pop-yuh-lus
How to say populous:

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Synonyms for populous


1 syllable
  • packed
    2 syllables
    • crowded
      4 syllables
      • full of people
        6 syllables
        • densely inhabited
          7 syllables
          • heavily populated
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