SEMIPOPULAR Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

semipopular

adjective

Definition of semipopular

as in large

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Adjective

Granted, Pollard needs only 1,083 yards to achieve a career high, but the Titans would like to get Tyjae Spears more involved and the overall quality of this offense remains a large question mark.

— Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
This can address key requirements of the world’s largest cruise vessels.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of large

Adjective

Eggs are famous for being fragile, cracking open at the slightest nudge against a countertop.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Eddie Hall, probably the UK’s most famous strongman, won the World’s Strongest Man title in 2017 and was the first to deadlift 500kg.

— Rob Tanner, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of famous

Adjective

Several prominent fan groups have criticised the club’s summer transfer business and requested meetings with the Everton hierarchy.

— Patrick Boyland, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Broadly speaking, many prominent Silicon Valley companies started in a place of technological service and innovation only to have more recently shifted into the dystopia business, and public sentiment has shifted in kind.

— Scott Tobias, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of prominent

Adjective

The head-to-toe branding made tennis one of the most fashionable sports, taking its influence far beyond the court.

— Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2026
Alongside Kudrow, 63, and Sorvino, 58, as the fashionable BFF duo, other original cast members who are reprising their roles in the sequel, again scripted by Schiff, are Alan Cumming, Janeane Garofalo, Camryn Manheim and Julia Campbell.

— Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of fashionable

Adjective

Bohm was speeding in his BMW on Dead Man's Curve, a notorious stretch of Southern California’s Pacific Coast Highway.

— Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2026
In its early decades, the hotel hosted the notable and the notorious of Gilded Age New York, evolving alongside Herald Square and spending its later years as the Hotel Metro.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of notorious

Adjective

The performances are first-rate across the board, with Bell and Jarvis outstanding as the lead conspirators.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026
The decades-old winery is now facing a foreclosure sale to cover a $37-million outstanding loan, according to the Press Democrat.

— Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026

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