| Populace |
n. |
The common people; the vulgar; the multitude,
comprehending all persons not distinguished by rank, office, education, or profession. |
| Populacy |
n. |
Populace. |
| Popular |
a. |
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. |
| Popular |
a. |
Suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain. |
| Popular |
a. |
Adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements. |
| Popular |
a. |
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. |
| Popular |
a. |
Devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace. |
| Popular |
a. |
Prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease. |
| Populares |
n. pl. |
The people or the people's party, in ancient Rome, as opposed to the optimates. |
| Popularities |
pl. |
of Popularity |
| Popularity |
n. |
The quality or state of being popular; especially, the state of being esteemed by, or of being in favor with, the people at large; good will or favor proceeding from the people; as, the popularity of a law, statesman, or a book. |
| Popularity |
n. |
The quality or state of being adapted or pleasing to common, poor, or vulgar people; hence, cheapness; inferiority; vulgarity. |
| Popularity |
n. |
Something which obtains, or is intended to obtain, the favor of the vulgar; claptrap. |
| Popularity |
n. |
The act of courting the favor of the people. |
| Popularity |
n. |
Public sentiment; general passion. |
| Popularization |
n. |
The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people. |
| Popularize |
v. t. |
To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy. |
| Popularized |
imp. & p. p. |
of Popularize |
| Popularizer |
n. |
One who popularizes. |
| Popularizing |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Popularize |
| Popularly |
adv. |
In a popular manner; so as to be generally favored or accepted by the people; commonly; currently; as, the story was popularity reported. |
| Popularness |
n. |
The quality or state of being popular; popularity. |
| Populate |
a. |
Populous. |
| Populate |
v. t. |
To furnish with inhabitants, either by natural increase or by immigration or colonization; to cause to be inhabited; to people. |
| Populate |
v. i. |
To propagate. |
| Populated |
imp. & p. p. |
of Populate |
| Populating |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Populate |
| Population |
n. |
The act or process of populating; multiplication of inhabitants. |
| Population |
n. |
The whole number of people, or inhabitants, in a country, or portion of a country; as, a population of ten millions. |
| Populator |
n. |
One who populates. |
| Populicide |
n. |
Slaughter of the people. |
| Populin |
n. |
A glycoside, related to salicin, found in the bark of certain species of the poplar (Populus), and extracted as a sweet white crystalline substance. |
| Populism |
n. |
The political doctrines advocated by the People's party. |
| Populist |
n. |
A member of the People's party. |
| Populosity |
n. |
Populousness. |
| Populous |
a. |
Abounding in people; full of inhabitants; containing many inhabitants in proportion to the extent of the country. |
| Populous |
a. |
Popular; famous. |
| Populous |
a. |
Common; vulgar. |
| Populous |
a. |
Numerous; in large number. |
