verb ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   American and Oxford British spelling of popularise

   "Saudi yoga trainer Dr. Nouf Marwaai has also been honored with one of India’s highest civilian awards, the Padma Shri, for popularizing yoga."

2. 2
   make understandable to the general public wordnet
3. 3
   cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

account forallegorizeclarifyclear upcoarsencrack

Antonyms

All antonyms

unpopularize

Example

More examples

"That book's done a lot to popularize chemistry."

Etymology

From popular + -ize.

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