English word
Common
Definitions
adjective
- of or relating to a community at large : public
- characterized by a lack of privilege or special status
- just satisfying accustomed criteria : elementary
- falling below ordinary standards : second-rate
- lacking refinement : coarse
- denoting nominal relations by a single linguistic form that in a more highly inflected language might be denoted by two or more different forms
- of, relating to, or being common stock
- known to the community
- belonging to or shared by two or more individuals or things or by all members of a group
- belonging equally to two or more mathematical entities
- having two or more branches
- occurring or appearing frequently : familiar
- of the best known or most frequently seen kind
- vernacular sense 2
- widespread, general
Synonyms for common
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- ordinary
- usual
- commonplace
- familiar
- frequent
- household
- ubiquitous
- public
- populace
- people
- crowd
- commoners
- mass