Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb depopulate

1 sense of depopulate

Sense 1
depopulate, desolate -- (reduce in population; "The epidemic depopulated the countryside")
       => shrink, reduce -- (reduce in size; reduce physically; "Hot water will shrink the sweater"; "Can you shrink this image?")

Antonyms of adj depopulated

1 sense of depopulated

Sense 1
depopulated -- (having lost inhabitants as by war or disease; "the 15th century plagues left vast areas of Europe depopulated")

INDIRECT (VIA uninhabited) -> inhabited -- (having inhabitants; lived in; "the inhabited regions of the earth")

Similarity of adj depopulated

1 sense of depopulated

Sense 1
depopulated -- (having lost inhabitants as by war or disease; "the 15th century plagues left vast areas of Europe depopulated")
       => uninhabited (vs. inhabited) -- (not having inhabitants; not lived in; "an uninhabited island"; "gaping doors of uninhabited houses")