- regarded with favor, approval, or affection by people in general: a popular preacher.
- regarded with favor, approval, or affection by an acquaintance or acquaintances: He's not very popular with me just now.
- of, relating to, or representing the people, especially the common people: popular discontent.
- of the people as a whole, especially of all citizens of a nation or state qualified to participate in an election: popular suffrage; the popular vote; popular representation.
- prevailing among the people generally: a popular superstition.
- suited to or intended for the general masses of people: popular music.
- adapted to the ordinary intelligence or taste: popular lectures on science.
- suited to the means of ordinary people; not expensive: popular prices on all tickets.
- appealing to the general public; widely favoured or admired
- favoured by an individual or limited group
- connected with, representing, or prevailing among the general public; common
- appealing to or comprehensible to the layman
- cheap newspapers with mass circulation; the popular press
