Pertaining to the common people; as the popular voice; popular elections. So the popular vote inclines.

Suitable to common people; familiar; plain; easy to be comprehended; not critical or abstruse. Homilies are plain and popular instructions.

Beloved by the people; enjoying the favor of the people; pleasing to people in general; as a popular governor; a popular preacher; a popular ministry; a popular discourse; a popular administration; a popular war or peace. Suspect the man who endeavors to make that popular which is wrong.

Ambitious; studious of the favor of the people. A popular man is in truth no better than a prostitute to common fame and to the people.

Prevailing among the people; extensively prevalent; as a popular disease.

In law, a popular action is one which gives a penalty to the person that sues for the same.