mainstream

Meaning

Adj

Used or accepted broadly rather than by small portions of population, market, scientific community, etc.

Noun

1. The principal current in a flow, such as a river or flow of air
2. (usually) That which is common; the norm.

Verb

1. (transitive) To popularize, to normalize, to render mainstream.
2. (intransitive) To become mainstream.
3. (US, transitive) To educate (a disabled student) together with non-disabled students.

Synonyms

mainline

majority

norm

orthodox

suitable

main current

main

general public

Translations

Mainstream

courant principal

majorité

convencional

Hauptrichtung

tendance

orta

orthodoxe

rechtgläubig

orthodox

majoria

massentauglich

γενική πορεία

επικρατούσα τάση

Hauptfluss

Etymology

From main + stream. Cognate with Icelandic meginstraumur (“a main current, mainstream”).