people

nouns

(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
"old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"
people
is a member of
all of the living human inhabitants of the earth
"all the world loves a lover"; "she always used `humankind' because `mankind' seemed to slight the women"
human beings, human race, humanity, humankind, humans, man, mankind, world
domain usage
the form of a word that is used to denote more than one
plural, plural form
is a type of (narrower)
any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
group, grouping
the body of citizens of a state or country
"the Spanish people"
citizenry, people
members of a family line
"his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?"
people
is a type of (narrower)
people descended from a common ancestor
"his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept
the common people generally
"separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"
hoi polloi, mass, masses, multitude, people, the great unwashed

verbs

fill with people
"Stalin wanted to people the empty steppes"
people
is a type of (narrower)
fill with inhabitants
"populate the forest with deer and wild boar for hunting"
populate
furnish with people
"The plains are sparsely populated"
people
is a type of (narrower)
inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
"People lived in Africa millions of years ago"; "The people inhabited the islands that are now deserted"; "this kind of fish dwells near the bottom of the ocean"; "deer are populating the woods"
dwell, inhabit, live, populate