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pop

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of pop

enjoying widespread favor or approval

interested in the pop fiction that most of the other publishing houses happily churned out

Synonyms of pop

big, crowd-pleasing, du jour, faddish, faddy, fashionable, favorite, happening, hot, in, large, modish, popular, popularized, red-hot, vogue, voguish

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semipopular

favorite, preferred, selected

desirable, liked, wanted

celebrated, famed, famous, noted, notorious, prominent, renowned, well-known

fabled, fabulous, legendary

leading, notable, outstanding, prominent, remarkable

important, significant

Near Antonyms of pop

washed-up

despised, detested, disliked, hated, rejected

insignificant, unimportant

indistinguished, unexceptional

anonymous, nameless, obscure, unknown

inconspicuous

Antonyms of pop

out, unfashionable, unpopular

pop

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of pop

a loud explosive sound

the soda can opened with a sharp pop

Synonyms of pop

bang, blast, boom, clap, crack, crash, report, slam, smash, snap, thunderclap, thwack, whack, whomp, whump

Words Related to pop

thunk, wham

clang, clangor, clank, clash

knock, rap, tap

blare, clamor, howl, hubbub, hue and cry, hullabaloo, outcry, roar, tumult, uproar

pop

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of pop

a male human parent

ask your pop if he knows where the keys to the shed are

Synonyms of pop

dad, daddy, father, old man, pa, papa (also poppa), pater [chiefly British], sire

Words Related to pop

paterfamilias, patriarch

father figure, father image

stepfather

pop

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of pop

1 to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure

a balloon popped suddenly and startled us all

Synonyms of pop

blow, blow up, burst, crump, detonate, explode, go off

Words Related to pop

fragment, shatter, smash, splinter

discharge, fire, shoot

balloon, burgeon (also bourgeon), mushroom

Near Antonyms of pop

collapse, fizzle

Antonyms of pop

implode

2 to break suddenly with an explosive sound

the last strand popped, causing the chandelier to drop to the floor with a great crash

Synonyms of pop

crack, snap

Words Related to pop

rend, rive, split

crackle, hiss, sizzle, sputter

burst, explode, shatter

clack, clatter, click

3 to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive

popping popcorn over a campfire

Synonyms of pop

blast, blow, blow up, burst, demolish, explode, shatter, smash

Words Related to pop

dynamite

annihilate, decimate, destroy

ruin, wreck

detonate, discharge

fragment, splinter

Near Antonyms of pop

collapse, implode

4 to strike with a missile from a gun

went into the woods hoping to pop the rabbit that was eating our vegetables

Synonyms of pop

drill, gun, plug, shoot

Words Related to pop

blow away, bring down, drop, pick off, shoot down

blaze, pepper, potshot, snipe (at)

blast (at), fire (at)

pistol, shotgun

machine-gun, tommy-gun

croak [slang], destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, ice [slang], kill, slay

annihilate, blot out, butcher, decimate, massacre, slaughter, wipe out

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