popular

adj.

VERBS

▪ be, prove, seem

▪ become, get, grow

▪

They seem to be getting quite popular.

▪ remain, stay

▪ make sth

▪

What makes this subject so popular?

ADVERB

▪ extremely, fairly, very, etc.

▪ enormously, especially, exceedingly, extraordinarily, highly, hugely, immensely, incredibly, massively, overwhelmingly, particularly, phenomenally, tremendously, wildly

▪ increasingly

▪ less than, not exactly

▪

Jack was not exactly popular after the incident with the fire extinguisher.

▪ equally

▪

Alec and I are equally popular with the show's viewers.

▪ relatively

▪ deservedly

▪

The restaurant is deservedly popular with all who enjoy Mexican food.

▪ instantly

▪

He was one of those people who are instantly popular.

▪ newly (esp. AmE)

▪ always, enduringly, ever, perennially

▪

Socks are always popular as presents.

▪

a concert featuring the ever-popular entertainer

▪ widely

▪ universally

▪ politically

PREPOSITION

▪ among

▪

popular among young people

▪ as

▪

These animals are quite popular as pets.

▪ for

▪

a restaurant that is popular for light meals

▪ with

▪

This area is immensely popular with tourists.

Popular is used with these nouns: ↑acceptance, ↑acclaim, ↑agitation, ↑amusement, ↑anger, ↑appeal, ↑approval, ↑attraction, ↑backing, ↑bar, ↑belief, ↑blog, ↑brand, ↑capitalism, ↑character, ↑choice, ↑cinema, ↑classic, ↑cliché, ↑comedian, ↑conception, ↑consciousness, ↑culture, ↑delusion, ↑demand, ↑demonstration, ↑destination, ↑discontent, ↑dish, ↑disillusionment, ↑dissatisfaction, ↑election, ↑entertainment, ↑enthusiasm, ↑esteem, ↑event, ↑expectation, ↑fashion, ↑favourite, ↑feeling, ↑fiction, ↑figure, ↑folklore, ↑haunt, ↑hero, ↑hostility, ↑icon, ↑image, ↑imagery, ↑imagination, ↑insurrection, ↑journalism, ↑literature, ↑magazine, ↑majority, ↑mandate, ↑media, ↑melody, ↑misconception, ↑model, ↑mood, ↑move, ↑movement, ↑music, ↑musical, ↑myth, ↑mythology, ↑narrative, ↑nationalism, ↑newspaper, ↑nightclub, ↑notion, ↑novel, ↑novelist, ↑opinion, ↑participation, ↑pastime, ↑perception, ↑personality, ↑phrase, ↑politician, ↑power, ↑preacher, ↑prejudice, ↑press, ↑pressure, ↑protest, ↑pursuit, ↑rebellion, ↑recreation, ↑referendum, ↑religion, ↑remedy, ↑resistance, ↑resort, ↑restaurant, ↑revolt, ↑revolution, ↑saying, ↑science, ↑sentiment, ↑series, ↑show, ↑singer, ↑slogan, ↑soap opera, ↑song, ↑sovereignty, ↑sport, ↑spot, ↑stereotype, ↑story, ↑success, ↑superstition, ↑support, ↑sympathy, ↑tabloid, ↑taste, ↑teacher, ↑technique, ↑textbook, ↑theatre, ↑theme, ↑topic, ↑tradition, ↑tune, ↑type, ↑understanding, ↑unrest, ↑uprising, ↑usage, ↑venue, ↑version, ↑view, ↑vote, ↑website, ↑will, ↑wisdom, ↑writer, ↑writing