popular

popular
adjective
1)

the most popular restaurant in town

Syn:
well-liked, favored, sought-after, in demand, desired, wanted; commercial, marketable, fashionable, trendy, in vogue, all the rage, hot; informal in, cool, big
2)

popular science

Syn:
non-specialist, nontechnical, amateur, lay person's, general, middle-of-the-road; accessible, simplified, plain, simple, easy, straightforward, understandable; mass-market, middlebrow, lowbrow, pop
Ant:
highbrow
3)

popular opinion

Syn:
widespread, general, common, current, prevalent, prevailing, standard, stock; ordinary, usual, accepted, established, acknowledged, conventional, orthodox
4)

a popular movement for independence

Syn:
mass, general, communal, collective, social, collaborative, group, civil, public

Thesaurus of popular words. 2014.

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  • Popular — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Popular (del latín populāris), lo relativo al pueblo (en sus distintas acepciones, véase pueblo (desambiguación)). Puede referirse a: Contenido 1 En arte y cultura 2 En lingüística …   Wikipedia Español

  • Popular TV — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Popular Televisión Nombre público Popular TV Eslogan Porque te importa tu familia Tipo PAL y DVB T (simulcast) Programación Generalista Propietario Iniciativas Radiofónicas y de Televisi …   Wikipedia Español

  • Popular — Pop u*lar, a. [L. popularis, fr. populus people: cf. F. populaire. See {People}.] 1. Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion; as, the popular voice; popular elections.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Popular — may refer to: *an adjective referring to any people or population *Social status, the quality of being well liked *The mainstream, the quality of being common, well received, in demand **Popular culture, popular fiction, popular music *Populace,… …   Wikipedia

  • popular — POPULÁR, Ă, populari, e, adj. 1. Care aparţine poporului, privitor la popor, care provine din popor. ♦ Care este alcătuit din oameni din popor şi lucrează pentru popor. 2. Creat de popor; specific unui popor, caracteristic culturii lui. 3. Care… …   Dicționar Român

  • popular — (Del lat. populāris). 1. adj. Perteneciente o relativo al pueblo. 2. Que es peculiar del pueblo o procede de él. 3. Propio de las clases sociales menos favorecidas. 4. Que está al alcance de los menos dotados económica o culturalmente. 5. Que es… …   Diccionario de la lengua española

  • popular — pop·u·lar adj 1: of or relating to the general public 2 a: of, relating to, or by the people (as of a nation or state) as a whole as distinguished from a specific class or group b: based on or alleged to be based on the will of the people Merriam …   Law dictionary

  • popular — [päp′yə lər] adj. [L popularis < populus, PEOPLE] 1. of or carried on by the common people or all the people [popular government] 2. appealing to or intended for the general public [popular music] 3. within the means of the ordinary person… …   English World dictionary

  • Popular 1 — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Popular 1, Rock n Roll Magazine , es una publicación mensual española dedicada a la Música rock y fundada en 1973, siendo una de las publicaciones pioneras del género y con más historia e influencia en España.… …   Wikipedia Español

  • populär — Vsw std. (18. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus frz. populaire, dieses aus l. populāris, eigentlich zum Volk gehörig , zu l. populus Volk . Dazu die Abkürzung pop in Popmusik (usw.). Abstraktum: Popularität.    Ebenso nndl. populair, ne. popular,… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • Populär — (Popular, v. lat.), 1) auf das (niedere) Volk sich beziehend, beim Volke gewöhnlich, daher Popularkrankheiten (Populares morbi), Volkskrankheiten; 2) dem (ungelehrten) Volk verständlich u. für dasselbe bestimmt, wie eine populäre Schrift; 3) beim …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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