popular
adjective
[ ˈpɒpjʊlə ]
• liked or admired by many people or by a particular person or group.
• "she was one of the most popular girls in the school"
Similar:
well liked,
liked,
favoured,
in favour,
well received,
approved,
admired,
accepted,
welcome,
sought-after,
in demand,
desired,
wanted,
commercial,
marketable,
saleable,
fashionable,
in fashion,
in vogue,
voguish,
all the rage,
hot,
in,
cool,
big,
all the go,
• (of cultural activities or products) intended for or suited to the taste, understanding, or means of the general public rather than specialists or intellectuals.
• "editorials accusing the government of wanting to gag the popular press"
Similar:
non-specialist,
non-technical,
non-professional,
amateur,
lay,
lay person's,
general,
middle-of-the-road,
accessible,
approachable,
simplified,
plain,
simple,
easy,
straightforward,
understandable,
readily understood,
easy to understand,
intelligible,
mass-market,
middlebrow,
lowbrow,
pop,
bland,
cheap,
• (of political activity) carried on by the people as a whole rather than restricted to politicians or political parties.
• "a popular revolt against colonial rule"
Similar:
mass,
general,
communal,
collective,
social,
societal,
collaborative,
group,
civil,
public,
civic,
democratic,
representative,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘prevalent among the general public’): from Latin popularis, from populus ‘people’. Sense 1 dates from the early 17th century.
