Home › Words › P › popstreampopstreampopstream means the musical mainstream, as typified by pop music.EtymologyBlend of pop + mainstream.nounThe musical mainstream, as typified by pop music.e.g.“Just as the gang peace movement desired to mainstream hardcore bangers into civic society, The Chronic wanted to drive hardcore rap into the popstream.” — 2011, Jeff Change, Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation, page 420:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.megapop 69% match — Highly successful mainstream pop music. vs popstream →poplike 67% match — Resembling pop music. vs popstream →mainstreamish 64% match — Somewhat mainstream. vs popstream →antipop 63% match — Opposing mainstream pop music. vs popstream →popsmith 63% match — A pop musician. vs popstream →mainstreamness 62% match — Quality of being mainstream. vs popstream →mainstreamist 62% match — Someone in the mainstream. vs popstream →mainstreamy 62% match — Related to the mainstream; akin to the mainstream. vs popstream →