Popular

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

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

II. Popular ·adj Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace.

III. Popular ·adj Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain.

IV. Popular ·adj 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.

V. Popular ·adj 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.

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