popularise

Verb

Meaning

cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use

make understandable to the general public

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Synonyms

generalize popularize generalise vulgarise vulgarize spread sell promote circulation diffusion plug simplify propagate disclosed disclosure

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Antonyms

focus collection screen secret decline narrow

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Hypernyms

spread broadcast pitch gear distribute diffuse

Examples

They popularized coffee in Washington State Source: Internet

Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors Source: Internet

Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books Source: Internet

Agnes Marshall was a celebrated cookery writer of her day and helped to popularise ice cream. Source: Internet

Alfred Hitchcock did much to popularise the spy film in the 1930s with his influential thrillers The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), The 39 Steps (1935), Sabotage (1937) and The Lady Vanishes (1938). Source: Internet

Among them, Alan Stivell highly contributed to popularise the Celtic harp and Breton music in the world. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

popular writer popular-scientific literature popularisation populariser popularism popularist