Popular
Popular adjective - Enjoying widespread favor or approval.
Unexceptional and popular are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unexceptional" instead an adjective "Popular".
Unexceptional
Unexceptional adjective - Being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events.
Usage example: the physicist, now regarded as one of the brightest minds in science, was an unexceptional student as a child
Popular and unexceptional are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Popular" instead an adjective "Unexceptional".
Nearby Word: unexceptionable
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- familiar and popular
- familiar and unexceptional
- normal and popular
- normal and unexceptional
- usual and popular
- usual and unexceptional
- common and popular
- common and unexceptional
- customary and popular
- customary and unexceptional
- accustomed and popular
- accustomed and unexceptional
- ordinary and popular
- ordinary and unexceptional
Both words in one sentence
- In a mix of this trope and Americans Hate Tingle, Astérix co-creator Albert Uderzo considered Asterix in Corsica to be the best entry in the series, and while it's a very popular entry in France, in other countries it's seen as a decent but unexceptional story.
Source: Magnum Opus Dissonance
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Popular & Unexceptional. N.p., 2016. Web. 02 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/popular/unexceptional>.
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