1. popular - Noun
2. popular - Adjective
3. popular - Adjective Satellite
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.
Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain.
Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements.
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.
Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace.
Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIt is this simplicity that makes the uneducated more effective than the educated when addressing popular audiences. Aristotle
Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained. James A. Garfield
Beware of over-great pleasure in being popular or even beloved. Margaret Fuller
A puff of wind and popular praise weigh alike. Hungarian Proverb
Popular agitation leads to justice. Tamil Proverb
An old lie is often more popular than a new truth. German Proverb