POPULARIZE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • make understandable to the general public
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books
    Hypernyms(s) popularize is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public
    • bring into general or common use
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • They popularized coffee in Washington State
    • Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors
    Hypernyms(s) popularize is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)