to popularize

Examples

• All

• You know, I think it was Bill Gates who popularized the term think week.

• Eventually, she retired to manage her husband, Paul Whiteman, the bandleader who popularized the Charleston.

  The Cat's Meow (2001)

• Well, I think he popularized it mainly through his brilliant writing.

• To address this problem, parent education and parent involvement programs should be introduced and popularized in Chinese public schools.

  Academic text (2008)

• Similar to the Dress Reform Movement, the Rational Dress Society's mission was to popularize functional clothing for women.

  Academic text (2012)

• Member of the group N.W.A, which helped popularize harsh inner-city rap music.

  Straight Outta Compton (2015)

• I mean, yes, Nassim Taleb is the guy who kind of popularized that term.

  Tom Bilyeu

• The term "nerd" got popularized by sitcoms around the time I was born.

  Traceroute (2016)

• We are strong believers in experiential education, what John Dewey (1916) popularized as "Learn by Doing."

  Academic text (2017)

• The singer worked hard to popularize her music by performing at local events and sharing her songs online.

Synonyms

P

to publicize

vsto popularize

94 4.0

Make something known to many people using news or social media

is broader, also making it easy to understand and accepted by many people

B

to broadcast

vsto popularize

81 3.0

To make news or information known to many people

focuses more on making the idea trusted and liked, not only spread

S

to spread the word

vsto popularize

68 3.1

Tell many people about something so they know

adds making the idea accepted and liked, not just known

D

to disseminate

vsto popularize

48 6.8

To spread information or ideas widely so many people know them

adds making the information easily understood and socially accepted

G

to get the word out

vsto popularize

31 3.2

Tell many people about something so they know

also aims to make the idea easy to understand and accepted

P

to put on the map

vsto popularize

31 4.2

To make a place, product, or person well known for the first time

is broader, including making the idea easily understood and widely accepted

P

to propagate

vsto popularize

23 5.9

Spread ideas, news, or feelings to many people

is similar but also stresses making ideas liked and easy to use

L

to lionize

vsto popularize

• Literature

5 7.7

Treat someone like a famous person by giving public attention and praise

seeks wider acceptance and understanding by many people, not only praise

G

to generalize

vsto popularize

• US

5 4.6

To change something so many people can understand and use it

is wider, including making the idea known and liked as well

M

to mediatize

vsto popularize

• Literature

7.9

To make something well known by giving it a lot of media attention

covers broader methods, not only media, and includes simplification for acceptance

V

to vulgarise

vsto popularize

• UK

7.2

To make a difficult idea simple so more people can understand it

focuses more on also creating broad acceptance and popularity beyond simplification

A

to advertize

vsto popularize

• US

3.2

To tell many people about something so they know it

is less commercial and more about gaining general liking and understanding

Antonyms

C

to conceal

282 3.7

To hide something so others cannot see or find it

S

to suppress

176 4.8

To stop public protest by force or by people in power

How Popular

to mainstream

4 4.6

to popularize

• US

21 4.2

to promote

566 3.2

to advertise

47 2.6

to publish

∞ 3.3

to mention

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology