WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
pop•u•lar•i•ty /ˌpɑpyəˈlærɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- the quality or fact of being popular.
pop•u•lar•i•ty
(pop′yə lar′i tē),USA pronunciation n.
- the quality or fact of being popular.
- the favor of the general public or of a particular group of people:His popularity with television audiences is unrivaled.
- Latin populāritās a courting of popular favor. See popular, -ity
- 1540–50
- 1, 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged acclaim, vogue, fashion, fame, repute.
'popularity' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Johnson
- TVR
- beauty contest
- boom
- boomer
- boomlet
- burgeon
- chart
- coattail
- comeback
- counterword
- decline
- demagogue
- downgrade
- fashion
- folk rock
- glory
- go
- ground
- heir apparent
- heyday
- hit parade
- hoover apron
- kilometer
- ladder
- life
- merchandising
- peak
- plain-wrap
- popular
- process
- standard
- succès d'estime
- testimonial
- vogue
- wane