noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ considerable , enormous , great , huge , immense , massive , overwhelming , tremendous , widespread
▪ unprecedented
▪
The French president is enjoying unprecedented ~ due to his anti-war stance.
▪ growing , increased , increasing , rising
▪ continued , continuing , enduring
▪ current , recent
▪ new-found
▪ personal
▪ global , wide , worldwide
VERB + POPULARITY
▪ achieve , win
▪ deserve
▪
The movie deserves its ~.
▪ enjoy
▪ gain , gain in , grow in
▪
Organic produce appears to be gaining in ~.
▪ maintain , retain
▪ regain
▪ boost
▪
He'll do anything he can to boost his ~.
▪ explain
▪
This helps explain the ~ of underwater photography.
▪ lose
▪
when the style loses ~
POPULARITY + VERB
▪ grow , soar
▪ decline , wane
POPULARITY + NOUN
▪ contest , poll
▪
He still tops national ~ polls.
▪ rating
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ among
▪
The current system has never enjoyed ~ among teachers.
▪ ~ with
▪
She enjoys huge ~ with the voters.
PHRASES
▪ a decline in ~ , a drop in ~
▪ an increase in ~ , a rise in ~ , a surge in ~ , an upsurge in ~
▪
the recent upsurge in the ~ of folk music
▪ in the ~ stakes ( esp. BrE )
▪
We want to remain high in the ~ stakes.
▪ the peak of (sb/sth's) ~
▪
At the peak of its ~ in the late nineties, the band sold ten million albums a year.