Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun popper

3 senses of popper

Sense 1
Popper, Karl Popper, Sir Karl Raimund Popper -- (British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994))
       => philosopher -- (a specialist in philosophy)

Sense 2
popper -- (a container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite))
       => stimulant, stimulant drug, excitant -- (a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process)

Sense 3
popper -- (a container for cooking popcorn)
       => cooker -- (a utensil for cooking)