popular

popular

modif.

1. Generally liked

   favorite, well-liked, approved, well-received, sought-after, fashionable, stylish, beloved, attractive, praised, promoted, acclaimed, recommended, in the public eye, in demand, celebrated, noted, admired, famous, in favor, in high favor, favored, successful, in vogue, all the rage*, in*, hot*, big*, trendy*, on everybody's lips*; see also fashionable, modern 1.

   Antonyms unknown*, in disrepute, out of favor.

2. Cheap

   low-priced, popular-priced, marked down; see cheap 1, economical 2.

3. Commonly accepted

   general, familiar, prevalent, prevailing, current, common, accepted, rife, in use, widespread, ordinary, adopted, embraced, having caught on, in the majority, having caught the popular fancy; see also common 1, conventional 1, 2, traditional 2.

4. Appealing to or intended for the general public

   accessible, lay, popularized, simplified, commercial, bourgeois, vulgar, pop*, geared-down*, dumbed-down*, kitschy*.

5. Pertaining to ordinary people

   mass, public, grass-roots*; see democratic, republican. See syn. study at common.