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'

carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large; the popular vote; popular representation; institutions of popular government'

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 ]

(of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)

[ Syn: pop ]