popularity, n. 1. repute, reputation, fame, renown, note, notoriety, name, mark, distinction; glory, kudos, plaudits, &lat, acclaim, public acclaim, acclamation.
2. acceptance, recognition, a place in the sun; favor, approval, approbation, sanction; esteem, regard; adulation, idolization, idolatry, adoration, lionization, worship, hero worship.
3. prevalence, currency, fashionableness, stylishness, modishness; fashion, vogue, style.
popularize, v. 1. simplify, gear down, water down, gild the pill, make palatable, put in plain words or English, Inf. spell out; vulgarize, coarsen, bring down, prostitute.
2. generalize, universalize, broadcast, spread, make available to all, produce in quantity; give currency to.
populate, v. 1. inhabit, reside in, dwell in, live in, Archaic, bide, tenant, stay, stay at; domicile, domiciliate, take up residence, occupy, settle down, locate, Inf. hang up one's hat.
2. people, Obs. empeople, denizen, colonize, settle, settle in; take or strike root, plant oneself, anchor, moor.
population, n. habitancy, body of inhabitants, populace, inhabitants, residents, citizens, citizenry; people, folk, commonalty; census, Inf. head-count; population profile, demography, statistics,
populous, adj. 1. heavily populated; peopled, Obs. empeopled, settled, inhabited, occupied.
2. teeming, swarming, crawling, bristling, alive with, thick with; clbse, dense, solid, serried; jammed, packed, Inf. jam-packed, crammed, crowded,
porch, n. veranda, stoop; portico, gallery, galilee, vestibule, loggia; solarium, sun porch, sleeping porch.
pore1, v. 1. ponder, brood, dwell, muse, meditate, ruminate, Inf. chew the cud, dwell on; contemplate, consider, reflect, weigh, deliberate; think over, mull over, revolve in the mind, turn over in the mind.
2. gaze upon, view, inspect, survey, eye, look over; examine, scrutinize, take a close or careful look, take a long, hard look, Brit. Inf. vet.
3. study, peruse, con, go over; read, delve into, dig into, wade through; make a close study of, go over step by step, go deep into, examine thoroughly, examine point by point.
pore*, n. orifice, opening, outlet,
pornographic, adj. obscene, prurient, salacious, indecent, lewd, smutty, Sl. raunchy; filthy, dirty, foul, vile, nasty, fulsome; offensive, off-color, blue; bawdy, ribald, vulgar, coarse, gross; (all usu. in reference to books or films) nudie, skin, porny or porno,
pornography, n. bawdry, ribaldry, indecency, obscenity; erotica; smut, filth, dirt, hard-core or softcore pornography; pornographic literature, girlie books, sexploitation, Sl. leg art, Sl. cheesecake; blue movies, stag films, x-rated films, peep shows, skin flicks; Sl. nudie, Sl. porn or porno,
porous, adj. 1. spongy, spongelike, absorbent, bibulous; sievelike, cribrose, cribriform; riddled, perforated, honeycombed, like Swiss cheese.
2. permeable, pervious, penetrable, passable.
port1, n. harbor, haven, seaport; harborage, anchorage.
port*, n. manner, demeanor, air, attitude, temperament; carriage, gait, bearing, posture, pose; comportment, behavior, conduct, deportment; front, mien, aspect; appearance, look, cast, presence.