PEOPLED Synonyms: 8 Similar and Opposite Words

peopled

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past tense of people

as in populated

to supply with inhabitants a science-fiction novel about a mission to people Mars

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Recent Examples of peopled The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter Carson McCullers’ remarkable debut novel tells a story of the American South, one set in Georgia and peopled with a cast of characters that exist in a rich, layered, and challenging reality. — Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 22 Aug. 2026 Today, this part of the South Side seems to be almost entirely peopled by Black families. — Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026 Ishaq has made a film peopled with women and boys who go beyond simple archetypes, setting joyful female solidarity against omnipresent conflict in a way designed to communicate with a broad demographic. — Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 May 2026 Hypocrisy, not rail spindles or dog poop, is top of the play’s agenda, and to poke around that subject the playwright has peopled his work with a collection of character types. — Greg Evans, Deadline, 21 Apr. 2026 The paradox of this quartet of movies up for the new casting Oscar, all boldly peopled with nonprofessionals, is that this very practice has become professionalized. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026 Throughout Humphreys County and Hickman County, peopled gathered with their churches for support and comfort in the days after the tragedy. — Beth Warren, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Oct. 2025 The Master is the greatest of them all, a movie peopled by characters who are at once intensely human and also the stuff of otherworldly fables. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025

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But in the long run, a Middle East populated by regimes that are less willing to follow Washington’s lead on unpopular policies or to suppress public opposition would likely be more stable than the region of today.

— MARC LYNCH, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026
Lori Schott of Colorado said Attorney General Phil Weiser has viewed the content that populated her daughter Annalee's social media feeds and read her journals after her death by suicide.

— ABC News, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026

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Land targeted for conservation makes up a quilt of South Florida wilderness, from coastal wetland to tropical hammocks, inhabited by rare plants, butterflies, bats, snakes and other critters.

— Jenny Staletovich, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
My hope is that this esteemed office will one day be inhabited by someone who respects democratic norms and is not a clear and present danger to democracy.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2026

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