Meanings
nounpop music (usually uncountable, plural pop musics)
plural pop musics
- uncountableusuallyMusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience, usually with a commercial basis and distinguished from other genres such as classical music and folk music, and nowadays also from rock music.
Pop music, despite its commercial focus, includes many artistic gems.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounmusic of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love
Similar
Broader
popular musicpopular music genre
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
A shortened form of popular music.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُوسِيقَى الْبُوب, مُوسِيقَى شَعْبِيَّة
- مُوسِيقَى الْبُوب (mūsīqā l-būb)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- مُوسِيقَى شَعْبِيَّة (mūsīqā šaʕbiyya)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Bengali পপসংগীত
- পপসংগীত (popośoṅgit)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Bulgarian по́пмузика
- по́пмузика (pópmuzika)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Chinese Cantonese 流行音樂 /流行音乐, 流行
- 流行音樂 /流行音乐 (lau⁴ hang⁴ jam¹ ngok⁶)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- 流行music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Chinese Mandarin 流行音樂 /流行音乐, 流行
- 流行音樂 /流行音乐 (liúxíng yīnyuè)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- 流行 (liúxíng)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Czech pop-music, pop
- pop-musicmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- popmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- pop hudbamusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Danish popmusik
- popmusikmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Dutch pop, popmuziek
- popmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- popmuziekmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Estonian popmuusika
- popmuusikamusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Finnish pop-musiikki, populäärimusiikki
- pop-musiikkimusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- populäärimusiikkimusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
French musique pop, pop
- musique popmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- popmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
German Popmusik
- Popmusikmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Greek ποπ μουσική
- ποπ μουσική (pop mousikí)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Hebrew מוזיקת פופ
- מוזיקת פופ (múzikat pop)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Hindi पॉप, पॉप म्यूज़िक
- पॉप (pŏp)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- पॉप म्यूज़िक (pŏp myūzik)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- पॉप संगीत (pŏp saṅgīt)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Hungarian popzene, könnyűzene
- popzenemusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- könnyűzenemusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Icelandic popptónlist
- popptónlistmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Indonesian musik pop
- musik popmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Irish popcheol
- popcheolmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Italian musica pop, pop music
- musica popmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- pop musicmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Japanese ポップ・ミュージック, ポップ
- ポップ・ミュージック (poppu myūjikku)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- ポップ (poppu)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Korean 팝 음악, 팝
- 팝 음악 (pap eumak)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- 팝 (pap)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Latvian popmūzika
- popmūzikamusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Lithuanian popmuzika
- popmuzikamusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Malay muzik pop
- muzik popmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Māori puoro arotini
- puoro arotinimusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Norwegian Bokmål popmusikk
- popmusikkmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Polish pop-music, muzyka pop
- pop-musicmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- muzyka popmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Portuguese pop, música pop
- popmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- música popmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Romanian muzică pop
- muzică popmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Russian поп-му́зыка, эстра́дная му́зыка
- поп-му́зыка (pop-múzyka)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- эстра́дная му́зыка (estrádnaja múzyka)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- поп (pop)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- попса́ (popsá)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Slovak pop-music, pop
- pop-musicmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- popmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- pop hudbamusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Spanish música pop, música popular
- música popmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- música popularmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Swedish popmusik, pop
- popmusikmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- popmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Tagalog musikang pop
- musikang popmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Thai เพลงป๊อป, ป็อป
- เพลงป๊อป (pleeng-bpɔ̀p)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- ป็อป (bpɔ́p)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Turkish pop müzik
- pop müzikmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Ukrainian поп-му́зика
- поп-му́зика (pop-múzyka)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Urdu پاپ مُوسِیقِی
- پاپ مُوسِیقِی (pāp mūsīqī)music intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Vietnamese nhạc pop, pop
- nhạc popmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
- popmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Welsh cerddoriaeth bop
- cerddoriaeth bopmusic intended for or accepted by a wide audience — see also popular music
Cite this entry
APA
pop music. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20music
MLA
“pop music.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20music. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pop music,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20music.
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