Peopling

Synonyms for peopling
noun settlement of area

founding
clearing
immigration
expansion

migration
settlement
establishment
settling

squatting
transplanting
expanding
opening up

pioneering
populating

Synonyms
verb take up residence in

locate
occupy
reside
populate
possess

perch
squat
crash
people
park

abide
stay
live
settle
lodge

dwell
tenant
roost
indwell
make one’s home

Antonyms

vacate
lose
miss

depart
go
leave

move

Synonyms
verb reside; use

own
populate
sit
keep
cover
stay
maintain

involve
remain
take up
inhabit
hold
establish
fill

permeate
people
utilize
pervade
ensconce
dwell
tenant

possess
be established
be in command
be in residence
live in

Antonyms

release
ignore
exclude
desert
surrender
cancel
let go

abandon
neglect
forget
go
leave
depart
move

be inactive
be lazy
idle
not use
yield

Synonyms
verb live or exist in

locate
lie
squat
populate
consist
nest
occupy
settle

endure
lodge
dwell
inhabit
perch
crash
people
park

dig
abide
stay
remain
continue
inhere
bide
sojourn

tenant
roost
be intrinsic to
be vested
rest with
take up residence
hang one’s hat

Antonyms

straighten
depart

leave
move

go
stop

Synonyms
verb supply with inhabitants

occupy
inhabit

colonize
live

settle
people

Antonyms

depart

Synonyms
verb settle

conquer
people

migrate
pioneer

immigrate
found

transplant

Antonyms

stay

Usage Notes

People is usually followed by a plural verb and referred to by a plural pronoun: People are always looking for a bargain. The people have made their choice. The possessive is formed regularly, with the apostrophe before the -s: people’s desire for a bargain; the people’s choice. When people means “the entire body of persons who constitute a community or other group by virtue of a common culture, history, etc.,” it is used as a singular, with the plural peoples: This people shares characteristics with certain inhabitants of central Asia. The aboriginal peoples of the Western Hemisphere speak many different languages. The formation of the possessive is regular; the singular is people’s and the plural is peoples’. At one time, some usage guides maintained that people could not be preceded by a number, as in Fewer than 30 people showed up. This use is now unquestionably standard in all contexts.