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the popular music of the coming year. 2 conventional, stock,
commonplace, public, normal, standard, general, universal,
average, everyday, ordinary, routine, common, habitual,
prevalent, current, prevailing, dominant, predominant,
predominating, customary: His films cater to popular tastes in
science fiction. 3 lay, non-professional, amateur,
understandable, accessible, popularized, simplified: He
presents a popular astronomy programme on TV.
popularity
n. favour, acceptance, approval, esteem, regard, repute,
reputation, vogue, trend, stylishness, renown, acclaim, fame,
celebrity, lionization, (hero-) worship, Colloq trendiness: The
immense popularity of her novels in America has made her very
rich.
popularly adv. commonly, generally, ordinarily, usually, universally,
widely, regularly, customarily, prevalently, habitually: It is
a popularly held belief among the French that their wine is the
best in the world.
populate v. colonize, settle, people, occupy; inhabit, dwell in, reside
in, live in: Shiploads of families braved the voyage to
populate the New World.
population
n. people, populace, inhabitants, residents, natives, denizens,
citizenry, citizens, folk: In those days there was no one to
look after the legal rights of the population.
populous adj. crowded, (heavily) populated, peopled, teeming, thronged,
crawling, swarming, jammed, jam-packed, packed: The populous
cities contrast with the sparsely inhabited rural areas.
pore° v. pore over. study, examine, scrutinize, peruse, read, go
over, Colloq con: Hamilton sits in the library, day after day,
poring over books of forgotten lore.
poreý n. opening, orifice, hole, aperture, vent, perforation,
Technical spiracle, stoma: A hot bath opens the pores in the
skin.
pornographic