common

  • (a) belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
    • for the common good
    • common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community
  • (a) having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
    • 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
  • (s) common to or shared by two or more parties
    • a common friend
    • the mutual interests of management and labor
    mutual,
  • (s) commonly encountered
    • a common (or familiar) complaint
    • the usual greeting
    usual,
  • (s) being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
    • common parlance
    • a vernacular term
    • vernacular speakers
    • the vulgar tongue of the masses
    • the technical and vulgar names for an animal species
    vernacular, vulgar,
  • (s) of or associated with the great masses of people
    • 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
    plebeian, unwashed, vulgar,
  • (s) of low or inferior quality or value
    • "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare
    • produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population
    coarse,
  • (s) lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
    • 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
    rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar, coarse,
  • (s) to be expected; standard
    • common decency

Nouns

  • (n) a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
    • they went for a walk in the park
    commons, green, park,

Synonyms

commons green park mutual usual vernacular vulgar plebeian unwashed coarse rough-cut uncouth

Antonyms

individual single uncommon

See also

joint usual ordinary

Words of close approximity

comma
commie commit commix
commonage common ageratum common alder commonality common allamanda commonalty common American shad common amsinckia common apricot common arrowhead common ax common axe common bamboo common barberry common barley common basil common bean common bean plant common bearberry common beech common beet common bile duct common birch common bird cherry common blackfish common bog rosemary common booklouse common box common brant goose common broom common burdock common buttercup common calamint common camas common canary common caper common cardinal vein common carline thistle common carotid common carotid artery common carrier common chickweed common chord common cockscomb common cold common comfrey common coral tree common corn salad common cotton grass common daisy common dandelion common denominator common devil's claw common divisor common dogbane common dolphin common duckweed common eel common eland common elder commoner Common era common European ash common European dogwood common European earwig common European jay common evening primrose common facial vein common factor common fate common fault common fennel common fig common fig tree common flat pea common four-o'clock common foxglove common fraction common front common garden cress common garter snake common ginger common good common grape hyacinth common grape vine common ground common gum cistus common heath common hop common hops common horehound common horsetail common hyacinth common iguana common iliac artery common iliac vein common ivy common jasmine common juniper common kingsnake