popularize

B2 Topic:People & Society
US /ˈpɑːpjəlɝˌaɪz/
verb Freq #115474

Meanings

  1. 1
    verb

    To make something widely known and liked by ordinary people.

    Carl Sagan helped popularize science on television.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 verb · to make something widely... vulgarize
Word family
Forms popularizedpopularizespopularizing

Etymology

From popular + -ize.

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