Common meaning

What does “common” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“common” is a noun and adjective with 10 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area.

common

a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
“they went for a walk in the park”
Synonymspark commons green

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”
Oppositesindividual
having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
“the common man”
“a common sailor”
Oppositesuncommon
common to or shared by two or more parties
“a common friend”
“the mutual interests of management and labor”
Synonymsmutual
commonly encountered
“a common (or familiar) complaint”
“the usual greeting”
Synonymsusual
being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
“common parlance”
“a vernacular term”
Synonymsvernacular vulgar
of or associated with the great masses of people
“the common people in those days suffered greatly”
“behavior that branded him as common”
Synonymsplebeian vulgar unwashed
of low or inferior quality or value
“of what coarse metal ye are molded”
“produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population”
Synonymscoarse
lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
“he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind”
“behavior that branded him as common”
Synonymscoarse rough-cut uncouth vulgar
to be expected; standard
“common decency”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University