become popular

VERB

take

Synonyms

STRONGEST

draw

STRONG

allure attract bewitch charm delight entertain fascinate magnetize overwhelm please wile

WEAK

win favor

Antonyms

STRONG

bore depress disenchant displease refuse repel repulse tire turn off

WEAK

abstain add avoid be honest be immune disallow discontinue dodge fail give hold keep lose maintain misconceive misunderstand offer receive reject stop

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The early electric Mustang models were shunned by some but have become popular.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

Scientists believe millet may have become popular because it adapted well to environmental or economic pressures.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

There have been reports of an uptick in luxury goods such as Chanel cosmetics and perfumes circulating among wealthy North Koreans, while fur coats have become popular in a city bordering China.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Confidentially filing IPO paperwork has become popular since it was introduced 14 years ago.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

A Belgian science fiction writer, Joseph Henri Honoré Boex, first used the term in 1929, but it didn’t become popular until 1961.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

become popular

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