common

Adjective
  1. Belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole;
    Public (synset 300494722)
    "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community"
    also: joint - united or combined
    tells us about: commonality, commonness - sharing of common attributes
    similar to:
    • communal - for or by a group rather than individuals
    • public - affecting the people or community as a whole
  2. Having no special distinction or quality;
    Widely known or commonly encountered;
    Average or ordinary or usual (synset 300487699)
    "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap"
    also:
    • usual - occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure
    • ordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree
    tells us about: commonness, commonplaceness, everydayness - ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
    similar to:
    • average, ordinary - lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered
    • democratic, popular - representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large
    • demotic - of or for the common people
    • frequent - frequently encountered
    • general - prevailing among and common to the general public
    • grassroots - of or involving the common people as constituting a fundamental political and economic group
    • standard - commonly used or supplied
  3. Common to or shared by two or more parties (synset 302159888)
    "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"
    similar to: shared - have in common; held or experienced in common
    same as: mutual
  4. Commonly encountered (synset 300973799)
    "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting"
    similar to: familiar - within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange
    same as: usual
  5. Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language (synset 301049925)
    "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"
    similar to: informal - used of spoken and written language
    same as: vernacular, vulgar
  6. Of or associated with the great masses of people (synset 301597504)
    "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"
    similar to: lowborn - of humble birth or origins
    same as: plebeian, unwashed, vulgar
  7. Of low or inferior quality or value (synset 302355096)
    "of what coarse metal ye are molded"; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"
    similar to: inferior - of low or inferior quality
    same as: coarse
  8. Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste (synset 301957020)
    "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"
    similar to: unrefined - (used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth
    same as: coarse, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar
  9. To be expected;
    Standard (synset 301678370)
    "common decency"
    similar to: ordinary - not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree
Noun
  1. A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area (synset 108632949)
    "they went for a walk in the park"
    is a type of: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract - an extended area of land
    subtypes:
    specific instances: central park - a large park in Manhattan
    is a part of: populated area, urban area - a geographical area constituting a city or town
    same as: commons, green, park

Other Searches