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ADJECTIVE | 1 | common | Belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole |
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2 | common | Of no special distinction or quality | |
3 | common, mutual | Common to or shared by two or more parties | |
4 | common, usual | Commonly encountered | |
5 | common, vernacular, vulgar | Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language | |
6 | common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed | Of or associated with the great masses of people | |
7 | common, coarse | Of low or inferior quality or value | |
8 | common, coarse, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar | Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste | |
9 | common | To be expected | |
NOUN | 1 | common, park, commons, green | A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area |
Sounds | kaa'mahn |
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Rhymes | Aachen, Aaron, abandon, and 2504 more rhymes in ahn at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole. Public. |
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Examples | "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community" |
Attribute of | commonality, commonness |
Similar | communal; public |
See also | joint |
Contrary | individual |
Meaning | Of no special distinction or quality. Widely known or commonly encountered. Average or ordinary or usual. |
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Examples | "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" |
Attribute of | commonness, commonplaceness, everydayness |
Similar | average, ordinary; democratic, popular; demotic; frequent; general; grassroots; standard |
See also | usual; ordinary |
Contrary | uncommon |
Adverbs | commonly |
Meaning | Common to or shared by two or more parties. |
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Examples | "a common friend" |
Synonyms | mutual |
Similar to | shared |
Meaning | Commonly encountered. |
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Examples | "a common (or familiar) complaint" |
Synonyms | usual |
Similar to | familiar |
Meaning | Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language. |
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Examples | "common parlance" |
Synonyms | vernacular, vulgar |
Similar to | informal |
Meaning | Of or associated with the great masses of people. |
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Examples | "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common" |
Synonyms | plebeian, vulgar, unwashed |
Similar to | lowborn |
Meaning | Of low or inferior quality or value. |
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Examples | "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population" |
Synonyms | coarse |
Similar to | inferior |
Meaning | Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste. |
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Examples | "behavior that branded him as common" |
Synonyms | coarse, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar |
Similar to | unrefined |
Meaning | To be expected. Standard. |
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Examples | "common decency" |
Similar to | ordinary |
Meaning | A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area. |
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Synonyms | park, commons, green |
Part of | urban area, populated area |
Narrower | amusement park, funfair, pleasure ground; village green; Central Park |
Broader | tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel |