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}]