The meaning of the word popular

популярный, народный, общедоступный, широко известный, общераспространенный

прилагательное ↓

существительное

- массовая газета или массовый журнал
- эстрадный концерт

Словосочетания

a popular form of entertainment — популярный вид развлечений  
a rising tide of popular interest — растущая волна народного интереса  
to clarify the popular creed — прояснить широко распространённое убеждение  
by popular demand — по многочисленным просьбам  
popular holiday destination — популярное у туристов место, магнит для туристов  
a popular ditty — популярная песенка  
favourite / popular diversions — любимые, популярные развлечения  
popular feeling — общественное мнение  
popular / the people’s front — народный фронт  
popular idol — народный герой  
popular legend — народное сказание  
a liking for popular music — любовь к популярной музыке  

Примеры с переводом

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Возможные однокоренные слова

popularity  — популярность
popularize  — популяризировать, излагать в общедоступной форме
popularly  — популярно, всенародно, всем народом
unpopular  — непопулярный, не пользующийся любовью
popularist  — ищущий популярности

Last Updated:
7 Apr 2023
— Updated example sentences

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  POPULAR

  Popular и популярный совпадают в следующих значениях: 1) ‘пользующийся широкой известностью, всеобщей любовью, большим успехом’: popular actor, popular hero, teacher popular with the pupils; 2) ‘доступный’ (легкий и понятный): popular lectures on nuclear physics, popular style. В ряде случаев прилагательное popular имеет иные русские эквиваленты: 1) ‘народный’: popular government, popular elections (также об устном народном творчестве: popular ballads); 2) ‘общедоступный’ (низкий – о цене): popular prices.

  Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > popular

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  Popular и русское слово «популярный» совпадают в следующих значениях: 1. пользующийся широкой известностью, всеобщей любовью, большим успехом: popular actor — популярный актёр, popular hero — популярный герой, popular teacher — известный учитель; 2. доступный (лёгкий и понятный): popular lectures on nuclear physics — популярные лекции по ядерной физике, popular style — популярный стиль. В ряде случаев прилагательное popular имеет иные русские эквиваленты: 1. народный: popular government — народное правительство, popular elections — народные выборы; 2. общедоступный: theatre seats at popular prices — театральные билеты по общедоступным ценам.

  English-Russian dictionary of expressions > popular

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  1) наро́дный;

  2) популя́рный;

  3) общераспространённый; широко́ изве́стный;

  4) общедосту́пный;

  Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > popular

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  popular — ходовой

  English-Russian phrases dictionary > popular

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  Персональный Сократ > popular

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  1. n массовая газета или массовый журнал

  2. n эстрадный концерт

  3. a народный

  popular vote — прямые выборы, голосование на прямых выборах

  4. a доходчивый, понятный, популярный

  5. a общедоступный

  6. a популярный, пользующийся известностью, популярностью

  7. a распространённый

  8. a массовый

  Синонимический ряд:

  1. approved (adj.) approved; favored; well-liked

  2. celebrated (adj.) celebrated; famous; renowned

  3. cheap (adj.) affordable; cheap; inexpensive; low; low-cost; low-priced; medium-priced; reasonable; uncostly; undear

  4. democratic (adj.) democratic; self-governing; self-ruling

  5. favorite (adj.) favorite; liked; promoted; received; recommend; sought; standard

  6. favoured (adj.) favoured; favourite; preferred

  7. prevailing (adj.) current; prevailing; rampant; regnant; rife; ruling; widespread

  8. prevalent (adj.) accepted; adopted; common; embraced; faddish; fashionable; prevalent

  9. public (adj.) general; plebeian; public; societal; vulgar

  10. well-known (adj.) famed; leading; noted; notorious; prominent; well-known

  Антонимический ряд:

  esoteric; exclusive; odious; old-fashioned; rare; recondite; unaccepted; uncommon; unconventional; unknown; unusual

  English-Russian base dictionary > popular

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  1. [ʹpɒpjʋlə]

  1. массовая газета массовый журнал [

  тж. popular press]

  2. эстрадный концерт

  2. [ʹpɒpjʋlə]

  1. народный

  popular discontent [pressure] — недовольство [давление] (широких) народных масс

  popular vote — прямые выборы, голосование на прямых выборах ()

  2. 1) доходчивый, понятный, популярный

  popular lectures — популярные /общедоступные/ лекции

  2) общедоступный

  popular edition — популярное /массовое, дешёвое/ издание

  3. популярный, пользующийся известностью, популярностью

  popular hero [singer] — любимый герой [певец]

  popular song [music] — популярная песня [музыка]

  he is popular in society — он популярен /его любят/ в обществе

  she is popular with men — она нравится мужчинам /пользуется успехом у мужчин/

  4. (обще)распространённый

  it is a popular belief that black cats bring bad luck — считается, что чёрные кошки приносят несчастье

  5. массовый

  popular Latin — народная /вульгарная/ латынь

  НБАРС > popular

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  [ˈpɔpjulə]

  popular общедоступный; at popular prices по общедоступным ценам popular популярный; he is popular with his pupils он пользуется любовью своих учеников popular доходчивый popular народный; popular majority большинство народа, населения; popular pressure давление народных масс popular народный popular общедоступный; at popular prices по общедоступным ценам popular общедоступный popular общераспространенный popular общераспространенный; широко известный; popular newspapers газеты с большим тиражом popular пользующийся известностью popular популярный; he is popular with his pupils он пользуется любовью своих учеников popular популярный popular народный; popular majority большинство народа, населения; popular pressure давление народных масс popular общераспространенный; широко известный; popular newspapers газеты с большим тиражом popular народный; popular majority большинство народа, населения; popular pressure давление народных масс

  English-Russian short dictionary > popular

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  ˈpɔpjulə прил.
  1) народный popular election ≈ народные выборы popular government ≈ народное правительство
  2) а) пригодный, адаптированный, понимаемый popular history ≈ история, доступная/понятная широким слоям населения б) доступный, общедоступный teas at popular prices ≈ чай по доступным ценам sold at inexpensive prices ≈ продаваемый по доступным ценам Syn: inexpensive
  3) знаменитый, известный, популярный (как о человеке, так и о предмете, явлении) a popular aphorism of modern times ≈ популярный в наше время афоризм
  4) общераспространенный;
  широко известный Syn: general
  массовая газета или массовый журнал эстрадный концерт народный — * government народное правительство — P. Front Народный фронт — * tumult народное волнение — * election всеобщие выборы — * discontent недовольство( широких) народных масс — * suffrage всеобщее избирательное право — * majority большинство населения — * vote прямые выборы, голосование на прямых выборах (в отличие от голосования в коллегии выборщиков) — * language народный язык — * etymology народная этимология — with a * appeal нравящийся людям доходчивый, понятный, популярный — * lectures популярные /общедоступные/ лекции общедоступный — at * prices по общедоступным ценам — * edition популярное /массовое/, дешевое/ издание популярный, пользующийся известностью, популярностью — * hero любимый герой — * song популярная песня — he is * in society он популярен /его любят/ в обществе — she is * with men она нравится мужчинам /пользуется успехом у мужчин/ — he is * for his kindness его любят за доброту (обще) распространенный — * error распространенная ошибка — * aphorism известный афоризм — it is a * belief that black cats bring bad luck считается, что черные кошки приносят несчастье массовый — * newspapers массовые газеты > * Latin народная /вульгарная/ латынь
  ~ общедоступный;
  at popular prices по общедоступным ценам
  ~ популярный;
  he is popular with his pupils он пользуется любовью своих учеников
  popular доходчивый ~ народный;
  popular majority большинство народа, населения;
  popular pressure давление народных масс ~ народный ~ общедоступный;
  at popular prices по общедоступным ценам ~ общедоступный ~ общераспространенный ~ общераспространенный;
  широко известный;
  popular newspapers газеты с большим тиражом ~ пользующийся известностью ~ популярный;
  he is popular with his pupils он пользуется любовью своих учеников ~ популярный
  ~ народный;
  popular majority большинство народа, населения;
  popular pressure давление народных масс
  ~ общераспространенный;
  широко известный;
  popular newspapers газеты с большим тиражом
  ~ народный;
  popular majority большинство народа, населения;
  popular pressure давление народных масс

  Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > popular

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  [‘pɔpjələ], [-ju-]

  прил.

  1)

  а) популярный, широко распространённый

  contrary to popular opinion / view / belief — вопреки расхожему мнению

  Syn:

  б) популярный, любимый, вызывающий восхищение

  The book is very popular with children. — Эта книга очень нравится детям.

  3)

  а) доходчивый, понятный , популярный, массовый

  б) доступный, общедоступный

  Syn:

  Англо-русский современный словарь > popular

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  Англо-русский синонимический словарь > popular

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  [‘pɔpjʊlə]

  adj

  популярный, известный

  — popular writer

  
  — popular book
  — popular among with one’s collagues
  — popular aphorism of modern times
  — be popular with the students
  — be popular for one’s ability

  English-Russian combinatory dictionary > popular

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  adjective

  1) народный; popular majority большинство народа, населения; popular pressure давление народных масс

  2) популярный; he is popular with his pupils он пользуется любовью своих учеников

  3) общедоступный; at popular prices по общедоступным ценам

  4) общераспространенный; широко известный; popular newspapers газеты с большим тиражом

  Syn:

  general

  * * *

  (a) народный; популярный; расхожий

  * * *

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  [pop·u·lar || ‘pɑpjələ(r) / ‘pɒpjʊl-]
  народный, популярный, широко известный, общедоступный, общераспространенный, общепонятный

  * * *

  ведомый

  заведомый

  известен

  известный

  народен

  народный

  населения

  небезызвестен

  небезызвестный

  общедоступен

  общедоступный

  общераспространенный

  понятный

  популярен

  популярный

  распространен

  распространенный

  ходкий

  * * *

  1) народный
  2) а) пригодный
  б) доступный

  Новый англо-русский словарь > popular

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  English-Russian big medical dictionary > popular

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  2) популярный, пользующийся известностью

  3) общедоступный, популярный, массовый

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  English-russian dctionary of diplomacy > popular

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  2000 самых употребительных английских слов > popular

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  1) наро́дный

  2) популя́рный

  The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > popular

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  ˈpɔpjuləпопулярный, народный, понятный, пользующийся хорошим спросом, ходкий, (обще)распространенный

  Англо-русский словарь экономических терминов > popular

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  1) расхожий

  2) популярный

  Англо-русский технический словарь > popular

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  1. народный;

  2. доходчивый; популярный;

  3. массовый.

  * * *

  прил.

  1) народный;

  2) доходчивый; популярный;

  3) массовый.

  Англо-русский словарь по социологии > popular

What do we mean by popular?

Widely liked or appreciated. adjective

Liked by acquaintances; sought after for company. adjective

Of, representing, or carried on by the people at large. adjective

Fit for, adapted to, or reflecting the taste of the people at large. adjective

Accepted by or prevalent among the people in general. adjective

Suited to or within the means of ordinary people. adjective

Originating among the people. adjective

Of or pertaining to the people; constituted by or depending on the people, especially the common people: as, the popular voice; popular elections; popular government.

Suitable to or intended for common people; easy to be comprehended; not technical or abstruse; plain; familiar: as, a popular treatise on astronomy.

Enjoying the favor of the people; pleasing to people in general: as, a popular preacher; a popular war or peace.

Desirous of obtaining the favor of the people; courting the vulgar; of demagogic proclivities.

Prevailing among the people; epidemic.

Plebeian; vulgar.

Conceited.

Of or pertaining to the common people, or to the whole body of the people, as distinguished from a select portion adjective

Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain. adjective

Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior adjective

Beloved or approved by the people; pleasing to people in general, or to many people adjective

Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace. adjective

Prevailing among the people; epidemic. adjective

A person who is popular, especially at a school.

(chiefly in the plural) An inexpensive newspaper with wide circulation.

A member of the Populares

A group of teenagers in high school that for some reason are mysteriously known as the most important kids in the school, usually without the rest of the student bodies knowledge as to how and when this even happened. Was there some kind of secret meeting that everyone held? Was there a note passed around the entire school? No one’s sure. The only thing everyone does know is that somehow these kids are the chosen ones, and now we all have to go with it.
While it all is a bit of a mystery, there usually are defining characteristics of all these chosen ones. It depends on the school, but more often than not the »popular» kids are either rich, good looking, involved heavily in school and especially in the athletics department, funny, snobby, uninterested in the »non chosen ones» (or mean to them), or a combination of any of the above. The popular girls are usually either on the cheerleading or dance team, or possibly excell in athletics such as track or basketball. Popular guys are most often jocks on the football and basketball teams. The average popular kid can be smart or dumb, a partier or not. In actuality the majority of them do party, but for some reason the girls are usually less open about it. This usually has to do with keeping their status squeaky clean. This isn’t usually the case for the guys, as many of the popular guys boast about drinking 5 beers and playing 2 rounds of beer pong in some kids basement and having the craziest weekend ever. However, this isn’t always the case as sometimes there is another, more hard core group of partiers at the high school that is also popular as well and known for getting fucked up often. The popular kids often don’t work as their mommy and daddy often throw handfuls of cash at them so they can be seen looking fly at friday night’s game. They often drive expensive cars their parents bought them, and fly through the neighborhoods blasting rap even though they live in suburbia. Urban Dictionary

A stereotype of a group of young people, such as highschoolers or middleschoolers, that usually are good looking and have expensive clothes. females in this group are usually very concerned with their appearance and their fashions,they are generally fit or very thin and tanned, cheerleading is a commonplace for «popular girls». a girl’s physical beauty will be her defining characteristic. Boys must act like «one of the boys» and act manly. he must concern himself with sports, beer and hot women. His humor or athleticism will be his defining characteristic. Popular people in this sense avoid doing things that arent considered cool by their peers, such as being overly enthusiastic about academics. They must also associate mainly with other people that fit this stereotype.
They often like to go to and have parties where there is underage drinking.
They adhere to many social rules, rules of dressing well or trendy, grooming meticulously, speaking similarly,possessions, pop music and passtimes.
Often but not always they can be superficial, excluding others if they do not dress a certain way, the people they hang out with, their lack of athleticism, a social skill problem, shyness, poverty, taking interest in things that are considered uncool like being in academic clubs, being a goth, being too fat or too thin.
there are many stereotypes that go along with this catagory of people. it has been said that the girls have eating disorders and are so fake that they turn their backs on each other,are bitches and airheads. The men drink too much, fight too much, cause trouble and make fun of meeker peers, also airheads. It has been said that this group drinks too much and are superficial, slutty and petty, because of the lack of value in academia and overvalue of fleeting attributes, these people do not get far in life and peak in highschool. These things are not always true. keep in mind this is a stereotype. Urban Dictionary

Someone who has a lot of friends. Not all popular people are bitchy mean and stupid. A person can be popular within their own group not only the entire school. A person can be popular for many different reasons and it’s not fair to judge them because a lot of people like and respect them. You don’t have to be pretty to be popular, but that does help with the opposite sex. However, Then you have the people who have a lot of «friends» because they are intimidating and/or mean and people are scared of them. Usually these kind of people aren’t actually liked but people are «friends» with them so they don’t get made fun of. This isn’t is as common as is portrayed in movies, this website , tv shows ect. Usually popular people are popular because they have the good qualities people look for in a friend. Urban Dictionary

Someone who is glorified simply for his/her looks. Has a overall immature attitude and rejects people that they find unattractive or unpopular. The majority of people considered popular will go on to live out their life in the fast food industry due to the fact that they have an IQ below sixty and have contracted five or more STDs. Urban Dictionary

‘Popular’ is characteristic of someone who is really nice to everyone, even if they are mean to them. Popular means to have many friends, and be liked by basically everyone, except those jealous. A ‘popular’ person lends text books, hangs out with ‘nerds’ if they want to, doesnt care what other people think of them, dresses how they feel like,(usually nice because they care whether their clothes are covered in grease stains or not), and regrets ever being stuck up, a snob, a bich to someone or being mean. Someone becomes ‘popular’ by being kind to everyone, ’cause no one likes being bitched at. People always think that they have to be gorgeous, dress preppy and be a bitch to be popular. When really, if you dont think your that great looking, you dont dress preppy, but your kind to everyone and have a great personality, i’d have to call you more popular than a cheerleader or jock. Also, if you think that a gorgeous cheerleader is popular, but shes a bitch to you, chances is, she’s not popular, people are just too afriad to stand up to her. Urban Dictionary

One of the biggest cliches in today’s culture. Silly «getting-back-at-you» high school chick flicks usually portray the popular girls as blonde bombshells who gabble on their cellphones and say «like» as their every other word.
I’m not defending the popular girls here. I wish they’d be a bit more inclusive. What I’m talking about is the silly unpopular girls who like to pretend they’re misunderstood and that the popular girls are the Evil Clique in the aforementioned chick flicks. They pretend they’re being bullied or pushed around, and hog sympathy. These are the ones who drive me mad.
Equally annoying are the «non-conformists» who join a subculture of millions to be individuals. But that’s another story. Urban Dictionary

This word is often misused and has negative connotations. in reality, popular (when referring to a person) is when someone is very well liked and has a lot of genuine friends, most likely because they are a nice/friendly person. However, through the media and highschools around america, «popular» has grown to describe a certain group of people. these people, like punks, nerds, etc. have their own social code, which usually (but not always) includes expensive items/services, sports teams, and cheerleading. These people are not necessarily popular, yes some of them genuinly are well liked and have lots of friends becuase they too (gasp) are nice people. but some of them unfortunately are under the false impression that they are better than everyone else because of their possesions and friends/boyfriends/girlfriends, (who to these people also count as possesions). Urban Dictionary

You can be popular if you have alot of friends and they like you not just act like they like you. If you are nice and not a drama starter like in alot of junior high and you are funny, nice, and trusting then you are popular. Urban Dictionary

A word whose roots are shared with population, populous, populace, which all refer to people. Popular directly means to be with or of the people; to be liked by many people. This meaning seems to have been twisted by the media and cultural overtones, and is now used commonly as a sort of derogatory adjective. This usage seems to be linked to our own self-conciousness; of our question of our own «popularity.» Do people like me? The idea that we are not liked, which from one time or another is thought by all people, puts a negative connotation over this word. Whatever we desire, but cannot have, we hate. When we put a negative connation on the word, it then must be justified. The pure fact that we aren’t what the word is and therefore dislike it is not enough for our complicated, social minds. We justify the word’s negative connotation and our own belief in our lack of its presence in us — our own unpopularity — by adding negative concepts to its meaning. 1) That popular people are snobby, rich, cruel, apathetic, prideful and many other things that we are not — that we don’t want to be. But really all popular, by its Latin roots, means is liked by people. 2)Therefore, we are all popular, we are all liked by at least one person, and most of us are liked by many, more than we sometimes realize. Urban Dictionary

Disgusting people who end up being the scum of society with age. They think they’re invincible until they grow up and you get to fire their ass and send them back to their trailer parks to be evicted shortly after. Urban Dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POPULAR

From Latin populāris belonging to the people, democratic, from populus people.

PRONUNCIATION OF POPULAR

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POPULAR

Popular can act as a noun and an adjective.

WHAT DOES POPULAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of popular in the English dictionary

The first definition of popular in the dictionary is appealing to the general public; widely favoured or admired. Other definition of popular is favoured by an individual or limited group. Popular is also connected with, representing, or prevailing among the general public; common.

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POPULAR»

Discover the use of popular in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to popular and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POPULAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term popular is used in the context of the following news items.

REFERENCE

« EDUCALINGO. Popular [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/popular>. Apr 2023 ».