English adjective: popular | |||
1. | popular regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public | ||
Samples | A popular tourist attraction. A popular girl. Cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular. | ||
Similar | best-selling, fashionable, favorite, favourite, hot, touristed, touristy | ||
Attribute | popularity | ||
Antonyms | unpopular | ||
2. | popular carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large | ||
Samples | The popular vote. Popular representation. Institutions of popular government. | ||
Similar | democratic | ||
Antonyms | undemocratic | ||
3. | popular representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large | ||
Samples | Democratic art forms. A democratic or popular movement. Popular thought. Popular science. Popular fiction. | ||
Synonyms | democratic | ||
Similar | common | ||
Antonyms | uncommon | ||
4. | popular (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people) | ||
Synonyms | pop | ||
Similar | nonclassical | ||
Domain category | art, artistic creation, artistic production, music | ||
Antonyms | classical, classic | ||