Found 4 items, similar to popular.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: popular populer
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: popular laris, populer, tenar
English → English (WordNet) Definition: popular 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Popular 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.” --Bacon. “So the popular vote inclines.” --Milton. [1913 Webster] The men commonly held in popular estimation are greatest at a distance. --J. H. Newman. [1913 Webster] 2. Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain. [1913 Webster] Homilies are plain popular instructions. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] The smallest figs, called popular figs, . . . are, of all others, the basest and of least account. --Holland. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] 5. Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace. [R.] [1913 Webster] Such popular humanity is treason. --Addison. [1913 Webster] 6. Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease. [Obs.] --Johnson. [1913 Webster] Popular action (Law), an action in which any person may sue for penalty imposed by statute. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]