| population | | |
| n. (group) | 1. population | the people who inhabit a territory or state.; "the population seemed to be well fed and clothed" |
| ~ people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively.; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience" |
| ~ home front | the civilian population (and their activities) of a country at war. |
| n. (group) | 2. population | a group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given area.; "they hired hunters to keep down the deer population" |
| ~ group, grouping | any number of entities (members) considered as a unit. |
| ~ overpopulation | too much population. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. population, universe | (statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawn.; "it is an estimate of the mean of the population" |
| ~ statistics | a branch of applied mathematics concerned with the collection and interpretation of quantitative data and the use of probability theory to estimate population parameters. |
| ~ subpopulation | a population that is part of a larger population. |
| ~ aggregation, collection, accumulation, assemblage | several things grouped together or considered as a whole. |
| n. (quantity) | 4. population | the number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.).; "people come and go, but the population of this town has remained approximately constant for the past decade"; "the African-American population of Salt Lake City has been increasing" |
| ~ integer, whole number | any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero.; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction" |
| n. (act) | 5. population | the act of populating (causing to live in a place).; "he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals" |
| ~ colonisation, colonization, settlement | the act of colonizing; the establishment of colonies.; "the British colonization of America" |
| resident | | |
| n. (person) | 1. occupant, occupier, resident | someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there. |
| ~ denizen, dweller, habitant, inhabitant, indweller | a person who inhabits a particular place. |
| ~ alexandrian | a resident or native of Alexandria (especially Alexandria in Egypt). |
| ~ coaster | a resident of a coastal area. |
| ~ colonial | a resident of a colony. |
| ~ dalesman | a person who lives in the dales of northern England. |
| ~ housemate | someone who resides in the same house with you. |
| ~ inmate | one of several resident of a dwelling (especially someone confined to a prison or hospital). |
| ~ metropolitan | a person who lives in a metropolis. |
| ~ outlier | a person who lives away from his place of work. |
| ~ owner-occupier | an occupant who owns the home that he/she lives in. |
| ~ sojourner | a temporary resident. |
| ~ stater | a resident of a particular state or group of states.; "Keystone stater"; "farm staters" |
| ~ suburbanite | a resident of a suburb. |
| ~ tenant | any occupant who dwells in a place. |
| ~ towner, townsman | a resident of a town or city. |
| n. (person) | 2. house physician, resident, resident physician | a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital.; "the resident was receiving special clinical training at the hospital" |
| ~ doc, doctor, physician, dr., md, medico | a licensed medical practitioner.; "I felt so bad I went to see my doctor" |
| adj. | 3. resident | living in a particular place.; "resident aliens" |
| adj. | 4. nonmigratory, resident | used of animals that do not migrate. |
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