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popular
[ pop-yuh-ler ]
adjective
- regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general:
a popular preacher.
Synonyms: bookmark
- regarded with favor, approval, or affection by an acquaintance or acquaintances:
He's not very popular with me just now.
- of, relating to, or representing the people, especially the common people:
popular discontent.
- of the people as a whole, especially of all citizens of a nation or state qualified to participate in an election:
popular suffrage; the popular vote; popular representation.
- prevailing among the people generally:
a popular superstition.
- suited to or intended for the general masses of people:
popular music.
- adapted to the ordinary intelligence or taste:
popular lectures on science.
- suited to the means of ordinary people; not expensive:
popular prices on all tickets.
popular
/ ˈpɒpjʊlə; ˌpɒpjʊˈlærɪtɪ /
adjective
- appealing to the general public; widely favoured or admired
- favoured by an individual or limited group
I'm not very popular with her
- connected with, representing, or prevailing among the general public; common
popular discontent
- appealing to or comprehensible to the layman
a popular lecture on physics
noun
- usually plural cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press Also shortened topops
Derived Forms
- popularity, noun
Other Words From
- anti·popu·lar adjective
- non·popu·lar adjective
- over·popu·lar adjective
- pseudo·popu·lar adjective
- quasi-popu·lar adjective
- semi·popu·lar adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of popular1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Six miles later, we arrived at Jackson Falls, one of the most popular rock-climbing venues in Illinois.
You can also see which regions it is more or less popular in.
Bing Search is testing a new section named “explore further” that shows you recommended queries and sites based on “your activity and what’s popular.”
There’s a popular Swedish fitness craze that involves collecting trash, called “plogging,” a mix of jogging and “plocka upp” — Swedish for pick up.
Intimate knowledge of people and places made arrieros effective and popular political leaders in the coastal region.
The simple, awful truth is that free speech has never been particularly popular in America.
Charles “Father” Coughlin, a raving anti-Semite, was one of the most popular radio hosts in the country.
While this deferred action is controversial in the United States, in Mexico, what Obama did is universally popular.
“He was a brave field commander and an expert in intelligence, and in organizing popular and tribal forces,” said the eulogist.
Whether he gets his full due in popular culture remains to be seen.
I know that in putting this before you I challenge some of the most popular affectations of cultivated people.
As a good-looking young bachelor, though a detrimental, he had been very popular.
In France the habit of snuffing was the most popular mode and to this day the custom is more general than elsewhere.
This work describes the fops and men of fashion of its time, and shows how popular the custom of tobacco taking had become.
He was for many years judge of a court in Connecticut, and is known as the author of the popular poem, McFingal.
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