Meanings
present singular third person popularizes · participle present popularizing · participle past popularized · past popularized · alternative popularise
- American and Oxford British spelling of popularise.
Saudi yoga trainer Dr. Nouf Marwaai has also been honored with one of India’s highest civilian awards, the Padma Shri, for popularizing yoga.
2018 June 20, “DiplomaticQuarter: Indian Embassy to celebrate 4th International Yoga Day”, in Arab News
Synonyms & antonyms
verbcater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*poplos
- Old Latinpopulus
- Latinpopulus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinpopulāri
- Old Frenchpopulaire
- Latinpopulāris
- Middle Englishpopuler
- Englishpopular
- Englishpopularize
Cite this entry
popularize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/popularize
“popularize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/popularize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “popularize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/popularize.
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