nnoun.groupthe people who inhabit a territory or stateExamples:- the population seemed to be well fed and clothed
Derivationally Related Form:populate
Hypernyms:people
Inherited Hypernyms:populationpeoplegroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:home front
nnoun.groupa group of organisms of the same species inhabiting a given areaExamples:- they hired hunters to keep down the deer population
Hypernyms:group grouping
Inherited Hypernyms:populationgroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:overpopulation
Full Hyponyms:overpopulation
nnoun.cognition(statistics) the entire aggregation of items from which samples can be drawnTopic:statistics
Synset:universe
Examples:- it is an estimate of the mean of the population
Hypernyms:accumulation aggregation assemblage collection
Inherited Hypernyms:populationcollectiongroupabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:subpopulation
Full Hyponyms:stratumsubpopulation
nnoun.quantitythe number of inhabitants (either the total number or the number of a particular race or class) in a given place (country or city etc.)Examples:- 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
Hypernyms:integer whole number
Inherited Hypernyms:populationintegernumberdefinite quantitymeasureabstractionentity
nnoun.actthe act of populating (causing to live in a place)Examples:- he deplored the population of colonies with convicted criminals
Derivationally Related Form:populate
Hypernyms:colonisation colonization settlement
Inherited Hypernyms:populationcolonizationconstitutionbeginningchange of statechangeactionacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity