Meaning & use
populate
To live in and fill an area, or to supply a database, list, or system with data.
See it in a sentence
Wolves once populated much of the forest before hunting drove them out.
The software automatically populates the form with the customer's saved details.
A note on using this word
Populate is used literally for people or animals living in a place, and technically in computing for automatically filling fields with data.
Words with a similar meaning
inhabitfill
Choose a synonym to suit the sentence. Meanings can overlap without being identical.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “populate”, then compare your use with the examples above.
Your draft stays on this page and is not sent anywhere.