[
UK
/pˈɒpjʊlɐ/
]
[ US /ˈpɑpjəɫɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈpɑpjəɫɝ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
regarded with great favor, approval, or affection especially by the general public
cabbage patch dolls are no longer popular
a popular tourist attraction
a popular girl -
carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large
popular representation
institutions of popular government
the popular vote -
representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large
popular thought
democratic art forms
popular fiction
popular science
a democratic or popular movement - (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)
How To Use popular In A Sentence
- The popular beauty spot is home to a variety of wildlife including birds and types of bats.
- I feel like the popular conception of Freddy Krueger might be a bit different than what you guys are going for here because Freddy Krueger, popularly, is Henie Youngman as a serial killer. Producers Andrew Form and Bradley Fuller On Set Interview A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET – Collider.com
- This absorbing profile muses on his universal popularity and compulsive desire to draw and paint. Times, Sunday Times
- He moved to Paris in 1767, and after a couple of years had become so popular that he received regular commissions to write two or three operas a year for various theatres.
- I myself ran a popular singles group for a couple of years once so I recognize the behaviour of which he speaks.
- A man of good humour and a great sense of fun, he enjoyed popularity among his teaching colleagues and pupils, many of whom were present at the removal of remains and burial.
- As a young man he wrote words to popular folk airs and had them printed as broadsheets.
- In some parts, the infection is popularly known as "pinkeye" because it turns the whites of the eyes pink. Dealing with Conjunctivitis
- Some of the most popular pairings pitted contrasting advantages and disadvantages against one another.
- The fall in popularity of the death's head and the subsequent prevalence of the cherub was a reflection of the Great Awakening and the belief in the immortality of the soul: "Cherubs reflect a stress on resurrection, while death's heads emphasize the mortality of man. Headstones for Dummies, the New York Edition