Adjective
1. 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"2. carried on by or for the people (or citizens) at large;
"the popular vote""popular representation""institutions of popular government"3. 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"4. comprehensible to the general public;
"written for the popular press in plain nontechnical language"5. (of music or art) new and of general appeal (especially among young people)