| ADJECTIVE | all | common | belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole |
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| all | common | having no special distinction or quality | |
| all | common, mutual | common to or shared by two or more parties / parties | |
| all | common, usual | commonly encountered | |
| all | common, vernacular, vulgar | being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language | |
| all | common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed | of or associated with the great masses of people | |
| all | common, coarse | of low or inferior quality or value | |
| all | common, coarse, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar | lacking refinement or cultivation or taste | |
| all | common | to be expected | |
| NOUN | location | 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 ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | Belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public. | |
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| Attribute of | commonality, commonness | Sharing of common attributes |
| Narrower | communal | For or by a group rather than individuals |
| public | affecting the people or community as a whole | |
| See also | joint | United or combined |
| Opposite | individual, single | Being or characteristic of a single thing or person |
| Spanish | común | |
| Catalan | comú | |
| Nouns | common | a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area |
| commonality, commonness | sharing of common attributes | |
| Meaning | Having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual / usual. | |
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| Attribute of | commonness, commonplaceness, everydayness | ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace |
| Narrower | average, ordinary | lacking special distinction, rank, or status |
| 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 | |
| See also | ordinary | not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree |
| usual | Occurring or encountered or experienced or observed frequently or in accordance with regular practice or procedure | |
| Opposite | uncommon | not common or ordinarily encountered |
| Spanish | común | |
| Catalan | comú | |
| Nouns | commonality | sharing of common attributes |
| commonness | ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace | |
| Adverbs | commonly | under normal conditions |
| Meaning | Common to or shared by two or more parties / parties. | |
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| Example | "a common friend" | |
| Synonym | mutual | |
| Broader | shared | Have in common |
| Spanish | común, mutuo | |
| Catalan | comú, comuna, mutu | |
| Nouns | commonality, commonness | sharing of common attributes |
| Meaning | commonly encountered. | |
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| Example | "a common (or familiar) complaint" | |
| Synonym | usual | |
| Broader | familiar | Within normal everyday experience |
| Spanish | común | |
| Nouns | commonality | sharing of common attributes |
| commonness | the state of being that is commonly observed | |
| Meaning | Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language. | |
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| Example | "common parlance" | |
| Synonyms | vernacular, vulgar | |
| Broader | informal | Used of spoken and written language |
| Spanish | común, ordinario, vernacular, vernáculo, vulgar | |
| Catalan | comú, ordinari, vernacle, vernacular, vulgar | |
| Nouns | commonness | ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace |
| Meaning | Of or associated with the great masses of people. | |
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| Synonyms | plebeian, vulgar, unwashed | |
| Broader | lowborn | Of humble birth or origins |
| Spanish | común, ordinario, plebeyo, vulgar | |
| Catalan | comú, ordinari, plebeu, vulgar | |
| Nouns | commonality | a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank |
| commonness | sharing of common attributes | |
| Meaning | Of low or inferior quality or value. | |
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| Example | "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population" | |
| Synonym | coarse | |
| Broader | inferior | Of low or inferior quality |
| Spanish | común, ordinario, vulgar | |
| Catalan | comú, ordinari, vulgar | |
| Nouns | commonness | the quality of lacking taste and refinement |
| Meaning | lacking refinement or cultivation or taste. | |
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| Example | "behavior that branded him as common" | |
| Synonyms | coarse, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar | |
| Broader | unrefined | (used of persons and their behavior) not refined |
| Spanish | basto, bruto, ordinario, rudo, soez, tosco, vulgar | |
| Catalan | bast, ordinari, poc educat, rude, tosc, vulgar | |
| Nouns | commonality | a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank |
| commonness | the quality of lacking taste and refinement | |
| Meaning | To be expected; standard. | |
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| Example | "common decency" | |
| Broader | ordinary | not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree |
| Nouns | commonality | sharing of common attributes |
| commonness | the state of being that is commonly observed | |
| Meaning | A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area. | |
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| Synonyms | park, commons, green | |
| Instances | Central Park | A large park in Manhattan |
| Part of | urban area, populated area | A geographical area constituting a city or town |
| Narrower | amusement park, funfair, pleasure ground | A commercially operated park with stalls and shows for amusement |
| village green | A village park consisting of a plot of grassy land | |
| Broader | tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel | An extended area of land |
| Spanish | común, parque, zona verde | |
| Catalan | parc, zona verda | |
| Adjectives | common | belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole |
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