Now
Now adjective - Keenly aware of and responsive to the latest developments especially in fashion and entertainment.
Popular
Popular adjective - Enjoying widespread favor or approval.
Now and popular are semantically related in well-known topic. Sometimes you can use "Now" instead an adjective "Popular".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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In a once-popular and now-dead Sailor Moon epic, Sailor Orion was blind in her civilian life but was still pretty awesome.
Source: Handicapped Badass -
Mosrites were obscure guitars, but they had became popular in punk by virtue of being cheap (the Ventures models being popular); now they're rare and expensive because of those who played them.
Source: The Red Stapler - Fan writers and artists for either the Nolanverse Batman or the Adam West series will often try to incorporate their favourite Bat-Rogues in the style of that series - Harley Quinn in particular is popular (and now has a canon "Batman '66" appearance.)
Source: Patchwork Fic
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Popular and Now. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/popular
Now & Popular. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/popular>.
Popular or Now. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/now/popular.
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