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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
Words Related to pop

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

1

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

2

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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