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popularize
verb
1 popularize
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.
synonyms: generalise, generalize, popularise, vulgarise, vulgarize.
Roget 518:
be intelligible
etc.
adj.;
speak for itself,
speak volumes;
tell its own tale,
lie on the surface.
render intelligible
etc.
adj.;
popularize,
simplify,
clear up;
elucidate
etc.
(explain)
522.
understand,
comprehend,
take,
take in;
catch,
grasp,
follow,
collect,
master,
make out;
see with half an eye,
see daylight,
see one's way;
enter into the ideas of;
come to an understanding.
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Roget 522:
interpret,
explain,
define,
construe,
translate,
render;
do into,
turn into;
transfuse the sense of.
find out
etc.
480.1
the meaning of,
etc.
516
read;
spell out,
make out;
decipher,
unravel,
disentangle;
find the key of,
enucleate,
resolve,
solve;
read between the lines.
account for;
find the cause,
tell the cause of
etc.
153;
throw light upon,
shed light upon,
shed new light upon,
shed fresh light upon;
clear up,
clarify,
elucidate.
illustrate,
exemplify;
unfold,
expound,
comment upon,
annotate;
popularize
etc.
(render intelligible)
518.
take in a particular sense,
understand in a particular sense,
receive in a particular sense,
accept in a particular sense;
understand by,
put a construction on,
be given to understand.
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Roget 705:
be easy
etc.
adj.;
go on smoothly,
run smoothly;
have full play
etc.
n.;
go on all fours,
run on all fours;
obey the helm,
work well.
flow with the stream,
swim with the stream,
drift with the stream,
go with the stream,
flow with the tide,
drift with the tide;
see one's way;
have all one's own way,
have the game in one's own hands;
walk over the course,
win at a canter;
make light of,
make nothing of,
make no bones of.
be at home in,
make it look easy,
do it with one's eyes closed,
do it in one's sleep
etc.
(skillful)
698.
render easy
etc.
adj.;
facilitate,
smooth,
ease;
popularize;
lighten,
lighten the labor;
free,
clear;
disencumber,
disembarrass,
disentangle,
disengage;
deobstruct†,
unclog,
extricate,
unravel;
untie the knot,
cut the knot;
disburden,
unload,
exonerate,
emancipate,
free from,
deoppilate†;
humor
etc.
(aid)
707;
lubricate
etc.
332;
relieve
etc.
834.
leave a hole to creep out of,
leave a loophole,
leave the matter open;
give the reins to,
give full play,
give full swing;
make way for;
open the door to,
open the way,
prepare the ground,
smooth the ground,
clear the ground,
open the way,
open the path,
open the road;
pave the way,
bridge over;
permit
etc.
760.
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Roget 829:
cause pleasure,
produce pleasure,
create pleasure,
give pleasure,
afford pleasure,
procure pleasure,
offer pleasure,
present pleasure,
yield pleasure
etc.
827.
please,
charm,
delight,
becharm†,
imparadise†;
gladden
etc.
(make cheerful)
836;
take,
captivate,
fascinate;
enchant,
entrance,
enrapture,
transport,
bewitch;
enravish†.
bless,
beatify;
satisfy;
gratify,
desire;
etc.
865;
slake,
satiate,
quench;
indulge,
humor,
flatter,
tickle;
tickle the palate
etc.
(savory)
394;
regale,
refresh;
enliven;
treat;
amuse
etc.
840;
take one's fancy,
tickle one's fancy,
hit one's fancy;
meet one's wishes;
win the heart,
gladden the heart,
rejoice the heart,
warm the cockles of the heart;
do one's heart good.
attract,
allure
etc.
(move)
615;
stimulate
etc.
(excite)
824;
interest.
make things pleasant,
popularize,
gild the pill,
sugar-coat the pill,
sweeten.
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Dutch: populariseren, vulgariseren
2 popularize
Make understandable to the general public:
— Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books.
synonym: popularise.
Moby thesaurus: account for, allegorize, clarify, clear up, coarsen, crack, decipher, demonstrate, demythologize, elucidate, enlighten, euhemerize, exemplify, explain, explain away, explicate, exposit, expound, get across, get over, give reason for, give the meaning, illuminate, illustrate, make clear, make it clear, make plain, put across, put over, rationalize, shed light upon, show, show how, show the way, simplify, solve, spell out, throw light upon, unfold, unlock, unravel, vulgarize ... show more.
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