- popularity
- nounADJECTIVE▪ considerable, enormous, great, huge, immense, massive, overwhelming, tremendous, widespread▪ unprecedented▪
The French president is enjoying unprecedented popularity due to his anti-war stance.
▪ growing, increased, increasing, rising▪ continued, continuing, enduring▪ current, recent▪ new-found▪ personal▪ global, wide, worldwideVERB + POPULARITY▪ achieve, win▪ deserve▪The movie deserves its popularity.
▪ enjoy▪ gain, gain in, grow in▪Organic produce appears to be gaining in popularity.
▪ maintain, retain▪ regain▪ boost▪He'll do anything he can to boost his popularity.
▪ explain▪This helps explain the popularity of underwater photography.
▪ lose▪when the style loses popularity
POPULARITY + VERB▪ grow, soar▪ decline, wanePOPULARITY + NOUN▪ contest, poll▪He still tops national popularity polls.
▪ ratingPREPOSITION▪ popularity among▪The current system has never enjoyed popularity among teachers.
▪ popularity with▪She enjoys huge popularity with the voters.
PHRASES▪ a decline in popularity, a drop in popularity▪ an increase in popularity, a rise in popularity, a surge in popularity, an upsurge in popularity▪the recent upsurge in the popularity of folk music
▪ in the popularity stakes (esp. BrE)▪We want to remain high in the popularity stakes.
▪ the peak of (sb/sth's) popularity▪At the peak of its popularity in the late nineties, the band sold ten million albums a year.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
