| popularize | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. generalise, generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize | cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use.; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors" |
| ~ popularise, popularize | make understandable to the general public.; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books" |
| ~ disseminate, circulate, pass around, broadcast, circularise, diffuse, circularize, spread, disperse, distribute, propagate | cause to become widely known.; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news" |
| v. (change) | 2. popularise, popularize | make understandable to the general public.; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books" |
| ~ gear, pitch | set the level or character of.; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience" |
| ~ popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize, generalise, generalize | cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use.; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors" |
| popular | | |
| adj. | 1. popular | 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" |
| ~ best-selling | selling in great numbers.; "a best-selling novel" |
| ~ fashionable | patronized by. |
| ~ favorite, favourite | appealing to the general public.; "a favorite tourist attraction" |
| ~ hot | very popular or successful.; "one of the hot young talents"; "cabbage patch dolls were hot last season" |
| ~ touristed, touristy | visited by throngs of tourists.; "of the three American Virgin islands St. Thomas is the most touristed"; "tourists descend in busloads...so the whole place is rather touristy" |
| adj. | 2. popular | carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large.; "the popular vote"; "popular representation"; "institutions of popular government" |
| ~ democratic | characterized by or advocating or based upon the principles of democracy or social equality.; "democratic government"; "a democratic country"; "a democratic scorn for bloated dukes and lords" |
| adj. | 3. democratic, popular | 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" |
| ~ common | having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual.; "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap" |
| adj. | 4. pop, popular | (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people). |
| ~ artistic creation, artistic production, art | the creation of beautiful or significant things.; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" |
| ~ music | an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner. |
| ~ nonclassical | not classical. |
| prominent | | |
| adj. | 1. outstanding, prominent, salient, spectacular, striking | having a quality that thrusts itself into attention.; "an outstanding fact of our time is that nations poisoned by anti semitism proved less fortunate in regard to their own freedom"; "a new theory is the most prominent feature of the book"; "salient traits"; "a spectacular rise in prices"; "a striking thing about Picadilly Circus is the statue of Eros in the center"; "a striking resemblance between parent and child" |
| ~ conspicuous | obvious to the eye or mind.; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening" |
| adj. | 2. big, large, prominent | conspicuous in position or importance.; "a big figure in the movement"; "big man on campus"; "he's very large in financial circles"; "a prominent citizen" |
| ~ conspicuous | obvious to the eye or mind.; "a tower conspicuous at a great distance"; "wore conspicuous neckties"; "made herself conspicuous by her exhibitionistic preening" |
| celebrity | | |
| n. (person) | 1. celebrity, famous person | a widely known person.; "he was a baseball celebrity" |
| ~ immortal | a person (such as an author) of enduring fame.; "Shakespeare is one of the immortals" |
| ~ important person, influential person, personage | a person whose actions and opinions strongly influence the course of events. |
| ~ social lion, lion | a celebrity who is lionized (much sought after). |
| ~ guiding light, leading light, luminary, notability, notable | a celebrity who is an inspiration to others.; "he was host to a large gathering of luminaries" |
| ~ personality | a person of considerable prominence.; "she is a Hollywood personality" |
| ~ toast | a celebrity who receives much acclaim and attention.; "he was the toast of the town" |
| n. (state) | 2. celebrity, fame, renown | the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed. |
| ~ honour, honor, laurels | the state of being honored. |
| renown | | |
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