adj prevailing among the people; epidemic; as, a popular disease.
2. popular ·adj devoted to the common people; studious of the favor of the populace.
3. popular ·adj suitable to common people; easy to be comprehended; not abstruse; familiar; plain.
4. popular ·adj 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.
5. popular ·adj 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.
6. popular ·adj adapted to the means of the common people; possessed or obtainable by the many; hence, cheap; common; ordinary; inferior; as, popular prices; popular amusements.