mainstream

Used, liked, or accepted by most people in a society or group.

• Her music is now mainstream.
• The story appeared in several mainstream newspapers.
• These ideas have become more mainstream in recent years.

Similar words: conventional, widely accepted

Opposites: unconventional, fringe

Common phrases: mainstream media, mainstream culture, mainstream music, mainstream politics

The ideas, activities, or ways of living that most people accept.

• The band has entered the mainstream.
• Her ideas remain outside the political mainstream.
• This style has moved into the mainstream of modern design.

How to use it: in/outside the mainstream (His views are outside the mainstream.)

Similar words: norm

Common phrases: the mainstream, outside the mainstream, enter the mainstream, political mainstream