Popular
Popular adjective - Enjoying widespread favor or approval.
Successful and popular are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Successful" instead an adjective "Popular".
Successful
Successful adjective - Having attained a desired end or state of good fortune.
Popular and successful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Popular" instead an adjective "Successful".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
- Lemot Sediam Juste was a successful theater actor in his homeland, extremely popular and successful, but tended to be pigeonholed away from roles that called for greater dramatic depth.
Source: The Punishment -
Generally regarded as their best output period, and certainly their most popular and successful.
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Expy: If a character was popular and successful during that era another cartoon show will make a character very similar to that character.
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