popular

Meanings

• 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"
• carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large
  • "the popular vote"
  • "popular representation"
  • "institutions of popular government"
• representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large
  • "a democratic or popular movement"
  • "popular thought"
  • "popular science"
  • "popular fiction"
• (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)

Synonyms

democratic, pop