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Definitions for Popular

[1] regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
[2] regarded with favor, approval, or affection by an acquaintance or acquaintances: He's not very popular with me just now.
[3] of, relating to, or representing the people, especially the common people: popular discontent.
[4] 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.
[5] prevailing among the people generally: a popular superstition.
[6] suited to or intended for the general masses of people: popular music.
[7] adapted to the ordinary intelligence or taste: popular lectures on science.
[8] suited to the means of ordinary people; not expensive: popular prices on all tickets.
[9] appealing to the general public; widely favoured or admired
[10] favoured by an individual or limited group I'm not very popular with her
[11] connected with, representing, or prevailing among the general public; common popular discontent
[12] appealing to or comprehensible to the layman a popular lecture on physics
[13] (usually plural) cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press Also shortened to: pops

Words related to Popular

fashionable, favored, famous, attractive, beloved, trendy, suitable, prominent, accessible, ubiquitous, prevalent, familiar, universal, rampant, public, accepted, approved, celebrated, leading, likable

Words nearby Popular

popsicle, popster, popstrel, popsy, populace, popular, popular culture, popular etymology, popular front, popular music, popular singer

Origin of Popular

1375–1425; late Middle English populer < Latin populāris. See people, -ar1

Words that may be confused with Popular

poplar, popular

Other words from Popular

an·ti·pop·u·lar , adjective
non·pop·u·lar , adjective
o·ver·pop·u·lar , adjective
pseu·do·pop·u·lar , adjective
qua·si-pop·u·lar , adjective
sem·i·pop·u·lar , adjective
sub·pop·u·lar , adjective

Word origin for Popular

C15: from Latin populāris belonging to the people, democratic, from populus people

Synonyms for Popular

attractive, beloved, famous, fashionable, favored, prominent, suitable, trendy, accepted, approved, caught on, celebrated, crowd-pleasing, faddish, in, in demand, in favor, in the mainstream, in vogue, leading, likable, liked, lovable, noted, notorious, now, okay, pleasing, praised, preferred, prevailing, promoted, right stuff, run-after, selling, social, societal, sought, sought-after, stylish, the rage, thing, well-liked, well-received