common
a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area (Freq. 1) - they went for a walk in the park • Syn: park, commons, green • Hypernyms: tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel • Hyponyms: amusement park, funfair, pleasure ground, village green • Instance Hyponyms: Central Park • Part Holonyms: urban area, populated area
1. belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public (Freq. 32) - for the common good - common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community • Ant: individual • Similar to: communal, public • See Also: joint • Derivationally related forms: commonness, commonality • Attrubites: commonality, commonness 2. having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual (Freq. 14) - 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 • Ant: uncommon • Similar to: average, ordinary, democratic, popular, demotic, frequent, general, grassroots, standard • See Also: usual, ordinary • Derivationally related forms: commonness, commonality • Attrubites: commonness, commonplaceness, everydayness 3. common to or shared by two or more parties (Freq. 13) - a common friend - the mutual interests of management and labor • Syn: mutual • Similar to: shared • Derivationally related forms: mutuality (for: mutual), commonness, commonality 4. commonly encountered (Freq. 9) - a common (or familiar) complaint - the usual greeting • Syn: usual • Similar to: familiar • Derivationally related forms: usualness (for: usual), commonness, commonality 5. being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language (Freq. 2) - common parlance - a vernacular term - vernacular speakers - the vulgar tongue of the masses - the technical and vulgar names for an animal species • Syn: vernacular, vulgar • Similar to: informal • Derivationally related forms: vernacular (for: vernacular), commonness 6. of or associated with the great masses of people (Freq. 1) - 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 • Syn: plebeian, vulgar, unwashed • Similar to: lowborn • Derivationally related forms: vulgarize (for: vulgar), plebeian (for: plebeian), pleb (for: plebeian), commonness, commonality 7. 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 • Syn: coarse, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar • Similar to: unrefined • Derivationally related forms: vulgarize (for: vulgar), vulgarity (for: vulgar), uncouthness (for: uncouth), commonness, commonality, coarseness (for: coarse) 8. of low or inferior quality or value - "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare - produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population • Syn: coarse • Similar to: inferior • Derivationally related forms: commonness 9. to be expected; standard - common decency • Similar to: ordinary • Derivationally related forms: commonness, commonality
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