English Explanatory Dictionary

popular

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Common among the general public; generally accepted.
  2. Concerning the people; public.
  3. Pertaining to or deriving from the people or general public.
  4. Of low birth, not noble; vulgar, plebian.
  5. Aimed at ordinary people, as opposed to specialists etc.; intended for general consumption.
  6. Cultivating the favour of the common people.
  7. Liked by many people; generally pleasing, widely admired.
  8. Adapted to the means of the common people; cheap.
noun
  1. A person who is popular, especially at a school.
  2. An inexpensive newspaper with wide circulation.
  3. A member of the Populares
noun
  1. A member of any political party with "Popular" in the title, such as the Partido Popular in Spain or Popolari di Italia Domani in Italy

Pronunciation

/ˈpɒp.jʊ.lə/ /ˈpɑ.pjə.lɚ/ en-us-popular.ogg

Word forms

popular more popular most popular populars

Etymology

From Middle English populer, from Old French populaire and Latin populāris, from populus (“people”) + -āris (“-ar”).

Antonyms

anonymous unpopular

Derived words

antipopular contrary to popular belief extrapopular hyperpopular impopular megapopular nonpopular overpopular pop pop art popufur popular action popular assembly popular beat combo popular culture popular democracy popular etymology popular front popular initiative popularisation popularise popularism popularist popularity popularization popularize popularly popular music popularness popular opinion popular psychology popular science popular vote pseudopopular semipopular superpopular überpopular ultrapopular

Translations

Arabic: شَعْبِيّ Armenian: ժողովրդական Basque: herrikoi Belarusian: наро́дны Bulgarian: наро́ден Catalan: popular Chinese Mandarin: 人民 Chinese Mandarin: 民 Czech: lidový Danish: folkelig Danish: populær- Dutch: volks- Dutch: volks Esperanto: popola Finnish: kansan- Finnish: kansanomainen French: populaire Galician: popular Georgian: სახალხო German: Volks- Greek: λαϊκός Hindi: लोकप्रसिद्ध Hungarian: köz- Hungarian: közkeletű Hungarian: tömeg- Hungarian: tömeges Hungarian: nép- Hungarian: népi Indonesian: populer Irish: coiteann Italian: popolare Ladin: populer Latin: popularis Macedonian: народен Māori: o te marea Māori: a te marea Norwegian Bokmål: folkelig Norwegian Nynorsk: folkeleg Occitan: popular Old English: folclīċ Persian: رایج Persian: متداول Polish: powszechny Polish: ludowy Portuguese: popular Romanian: popular Russian: наро́дный Serbo-Croatian: на́роднӣ Serbo-Croatian: národnī Slovak: ľudový Slovene: ljudski Spanish: popular Swahili: maarufu
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