pop music

1. 1.

   music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love

   Synonymspop

   Broaderpopular music

Questions about pop music

What does pop music mean?

pop music means "music of general appeal to teenagers; a bland watered-down version of rock'n'roll with more rhythm and harmony and an emphasis on romantic love".

What is another word for pop music?

Close synonyms include pop. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pop music a common word?

pop music is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.