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- pronunciation:
- pap
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lr
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
widely liked or enjoyed; regarded favorably by many.
It was a popular movie, and it spawned numerous sequels.I always wanted to be popular at school, but I was too shy.- synonyms:
- best-selling, hot
- antonyms:
- unpopular
- similar words:
- acclaimed, big, celebrated, familiar, famous, favorite, renowned, trendy, well-known
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| definition 2: |
pertaining to, representing, or originating with the common people.
He led a popular revolt against the government.U.S. senators are elected by popular vote.- synonyms:
- mass, plebeian, proletarian, working-class
- antonyms:
- individual
- similar words:
- blue-collar, civic, civil, mob, public, social, vernacular, vulgar
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| definition 3: |
designed for, appealing to, or reflecting the taste or preferences of the general public.
His work is a typical example of popular art in the 1960s.I don't go to movies or watch much television, so my knowledge of popular culture is somewhat limited.- synonyms:
- conventional, lowbrow, mass, middle-class, middlebrow, straight
- antonyms:
- highbrow
- similar words:
- bourgeois, commercial, mob, pop, public, square
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| related words: |
common, current, fashionable, general, name, prevailing, smash |
adverb + (adj.)popular
enormously, extremely, hugely, immensely, increasingly, incredibly, most, politically, universally, widely, wildly
(adj.)popular
+ noun
appeal,
attraction,
belief,
brand,
cartoon,
cinema,
composer,
conception,
consciousness,
culture,
demand,
destination,
discontent,
discourse,
entertainer,
entertainment,
exhibit,
fiction,
format,
front,
genre,
hangout,
imagery,
imagination,
legitimacy,
literature,
lyric,
magazine,
mechanic,
misconception,
mobilization,
motif,
movement,
music,
musician,
myth,
notion,
novel,
opinion,
participation,
pastime,
politician,
protest,
referendum,
resort,
restaurant,
revolt,
saying,
sector,
sentiment,
show,
singer,
sitcom,
slogan,
soap,
song,
sovereignty,
spot,
stereotype,
support,
textbook,
tourist,
tune,
uprising,
vote,
wisdom
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| derivation: |
popularly (adv.) |
The word popular
contains the following parts:
popul
Latin
root
that means the people
  Example words:
-ar1
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means of, pertaining to, or resembling
More about this word part:
The suffix -ar1attaches to bound Latinate bases to form adjectives. Most adjectives ending in -ar1 combine with the suffix -ity to form nouns ending in -arity. -ar1 is a variant of -al2, -ial that for phonological reasons occurs with bases ending in 'l'.
Example words:
angular, cellular, circular, linear, lunar, muscular, particular, perpendicular, popular, regular, similar, solar, spectacular, stellar, tubular
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