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Definitions for: Popular
[adj] (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)
[adj] representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large; "democratic art forms"; "a democratic or popular movement"; "popular thought"; "popular science"; "popular fiction"
[adj] carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large; "the popular vote"; "popular representation"; "institutions of popular government"
[adj] comprehensible to the general public; "written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language"
[adj] regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public; "a popular tourist attraction"; "a popular girl"; "cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
``Popular states.'' --Bacon. ``So the popular vote
inclines.'' --Milton.
The men commonly held in popular estimation are
greatest at a distance. --J. H.
Newman.
2. Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not
abstruse; familiar; plain.
Homilies are plain popular instructions. --Hooker.
3. Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or
obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary;
inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements.
The smallest figs, called popular figs, . . . are,
of all others, the basest and of least account.
--Holland.
4. Beloved or approved by the people; pleasing to people in
general, or to many people; as, a popular preacher; a
popular law; a popular administration.
5. Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the
populace. [R.]
Such popular humanity is treason. --Addison.
6. Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular
disease. [Obs.] --Johnson.
Popular action (Law), an action in which any person may sue
for penalty imposed by statute. --Blackstone.
Synonyms: best-selling(p), common, democratic, fashionable, favorite, favourite, general, hot, nonclassical, plain, pop, popular with(p), touristed, touristy
Antonyms: unpopular
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