common

Meanings

Noun

• a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

Adjective

• 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"
• 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"

Adjective Satellite

• common to or shared by two or more parties
  • "a common friend"
• commonly encountered
  • "a common (or familiar) complaint"
• being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
  • "common parlance"
• of or associated with the great masses of people
  • "the common people in those days suffered greatly"
  • "behavior that branded him as common"
• of low or inferior quality or value; - Shakespeare
  • "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population"
• lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
  • "behavior that branded him as common"
• to be expected; standard
  • "common decency"

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

individual, uncommon