popular

Plural: populars

Adjective

• Liked, admired, or favored by many people.
• regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
  • "a popular tourist attraction"
  • "a popular girl"
  • "cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular"

Adjective Satellite

• carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large
  • "the popular vote"
  • "popular representation"
  • "institutions of popular government"
• representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large
  • "a democratic or popular movement"
  • "popular thought"
  • "popular science"
  • "popular fiction"
• (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)

Adj

• Common among the general public; generally accepted.
• Concerning the people; public.
• Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public.
• Of low birth, not noble; vulgar, plebian.
• Aimed at ordinary people, as opposed to specialists etc.; intended for general consumption.
• Cultivating the favour of the common people.
• Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired.
• Adapted to the means of the common people; cheap.

Noun

• A person who is popular, especially at a school.
• An inexpensive newspaper with wide circulation.
• A member of the Populares

Examples

• Triple word scores are always popular among Scrabble strategists.

Synonyms

democratic, pop

Antonyms

unpopular, anonymous

Anagrams of popular