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popularize
Overview of verb popularize
The verb popularize has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise -- (cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors")
2. popularize, popularise -- (make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books")
Grep of noun popularize
popularizer
Antonyms of verb popularize
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb popularize
2 senses of popularize
Sense 1
popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise
=> circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
=> publicize, publicise, air, bare
=> tell
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
popularize, popularise
=> gear, pitch
=> adapt, accommodate
=> change, alter, vary
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb popularize
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb popularize
2 senses of popularize
Sense 1
popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise
=> circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
Sense 2
popularize, popularise
=> gear, pitch
'Cause To' of verb popularize
Derived Forms of verb popularize
2 senses of popularize
Sense 1
popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise
RELATED TO>(noun) popularization#2
=> popularization, popularisation, vulgarization, vulgarisation
RELATED TO>(noun) popularizer#1
=> popularizer, populariser, vulgarizer, vulgariser
Sense 2
popularize, popularise
RELATED TO>(noun) popularization#1
=> popularization, popularisation
Domain of verb popularize
Domain Terms of verb popularize
Familiarity of verb popularize
popularize used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb popularize
2 senses of popularize
Sense 1
popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
popularize, popularise
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb popularize
2 senses of popularize
Sense 1
popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise
> circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
=> sow, sough
=> popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise
=> carry, run
Sense 2
popularize, popularise
> gear, pitch
=> popularize, popularise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb popularize
Sense 1
popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise
=> circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
Sense 2
popularize, popularise
=> gear, pitch
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Grep of verb popularize
popularize
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