Definition of Popular

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Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain.
  

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Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease.
  

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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.
  

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Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace.
  

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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.
  

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Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements.
  

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popular
\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." "so the popular vote inclines." the men commonly held in popular estimation are greatest at a distance. h. newman.
2. suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain. homilies are plain popular instructions.
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.
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.
6. prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease. [obs.]
popular
action (law), an action in which any person may sue for penalty imposed by statute.
popular
adj
1. 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" [ant: unpopular]
2. carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large; "the popular vote"; "popular representation"; "institutions of popular government"
3. 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" [syn: democratic]


4. comprehensible to the general public; "written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language" [syn: plain]


5. (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people) [syn: pop]

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Adjective
1. 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"
(antonym) unpopular
(similar) best-selling(p)
(attribute) popularity
2. carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large; "the popular vote"; "popular representation"; "institutions of popular government"
(similar) democratic
3. 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"
(synonym) democratic
(similar) common
4. comprehensible to the general public; "written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language"
(synonym) plain
(similar) general
5. (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)
(synonym) pop
(similar) nonclassical
(classification) music

Popular, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Bank and savings and loan holding company with subsidiaries which perform commercial banking operations, savings bank operations, international banking, leasing, mortgage banking, invesment banking and other related financial activities.

Popular, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Bank and savings and loan holding company with subsidiaries which perform commercial banking operations, savings bank operations, international banking, leasing, mortgage banking, invesment banking and other related financial activities.

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American music that has wide appeal; commercial

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