[
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
- 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.
- 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
- They talk and joke and sing snatches of popular songs.
- As a young man he wrote words to popular folk airs and had them printed as broadsheets.
- Some of the most popular pairings pitted contrasting advantages and disadvantages against one another.
- Records, is among the thousands of devoted followers who have raised figure skating to new heights of popularity.
- Family comedy sequel based on the popular book series. The Sun