Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun common

1 sense of common

Sense 1
park, commons, common, green -- (a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park")
       => tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel -- (an extended area of land)

Antonyms of adj common

9 senses of common

Sense 1
common (vs. individual) -- (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")

individual (vs. common), single -- (being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways")
        => idiosyncratic -- (peculiar to the individual; "we all have our own idiosyncratic gestures"; "Michelangelo's highly idiosyncratic style of painting")
        => individualist, individualistic -- (marked by or expressing individuality; "an individualistic way of dressing")
        => one-on-one, man-to-man -- (being a system of play in which an individual defensive player guards an individual offensive player; "one-on-one defense")
        => respective (prenominal), several (prenominal), various (prenominal) -- (considered individually; "the respective club members"; "specialists in their several fields"; "the various reports all agreed")
        => singular -- (being a single and separate person or thing; "can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?"; "every fact in the world might be singular...unlike any other fact and sole of its kind"-William James)

Sense 2
common (vs. uncommon) -- (having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "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")

uncommon (vs. common) -- (not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind; "uncommon birds"; "frost and floods are uncommon during these months"; "doing an uncommon amount of business"; "an uncommon liking for money"; "he owed his greatest debt to his mother's uncommon character and ability")
        => especial (prenominal), exceptional, particular (prenominal), special -- (surpassing what is common or usual or expected; "he paid especial attention to her"; "exceptional kindness"; "a matter of particular and unusual importance"; "a special occasion"; "a special reason to confide in her"; "what's so special about the year 2000?")
        => rare -- (not widely known; especially valued for its uncommonness; "a rare word"; "rare books")
        => red carpet (prenominal), red-carpet (prenominal) -- (special treatment or hospitality; "the maitre d' gave them the red-carpet treatment")
        => unusual -- (not commonly encountered; "two-career families are no longer unusual")
        => unwonted -- (out of the ordinary; "an unwonted softness in her face")

Sense 3
common, mutual -- (common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor")

INDIRECT (VIA shared) -> unshared -- (not shared)

Sense 4
common, usual -- (commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting")

INDIRECT (VIA familiar) -> strange, unusual -- (being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird; "a strange exaltation that was indefinable"; "a strange fantastical mind"; "what a strange sense of humor she has")

Sense 5
common, vernacular, vulgar -- (being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species")

INDIRECT (VIA informal) -> formal -- ((of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms; "the paper was written in formal English")

Sense 6
common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed -- (of or associated with the great masses of people; "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")

INDIRECT (VIA lowborn) -> noble -- (of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth")

Sense 7
coarse, common -- (of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population")

INDIRECT (VIA inferior) -> superior -- (of high or superior quality or performance; "superior wisdom derived from experience"; "superior math students")

Sense 8
coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar -- (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")

INDIRECT (VIA unrefined) -> refined -- ((used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste")

Sense 9
common -- (to be expected; standard; "common decency")

INDIRECT (VIA ordinary) -> extraordinary -- (beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable; "extraordinary authority"; "an extraordinary achievement"; "her extraordinary beauty"; "enjoyed extraordinary popularity"; "an extraordinary capacity for work"; "an extraordinary session of the legislature")

Similarity of adj common

9 senses of common

Sense 1
common (vs. individual) -- (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")
       => communal -- (for or by a group rather than individuals; "dipping each his bread into a communal dish of stew"- Paul Roche; "a communal settlement in which all earnings and food were shared"; "a group effort")
       => public -- (affecting the people or community as a whole; "community leaders"; "community interests"; "the public welfare")
          Also See-> joint#1

Sense 2
common (vs. uncommon) -- (having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "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")
       => average, ordinary -- (lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered; "average people"; "the ordinary (or common) man in the street")
       => democratic, popular -- (representing or appealing to or adapted for the benefit of the people at large; "democratic art forms"; "a democratic or popular movement"; "popular thought"; "popular science"; "popular fiction")
       => demotic -- (of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments"; "demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms")
       => frequent -- (frequently encountered; "a frequent (or common) error is using the transitive verb `lay' for the intransitive `lie'";)
       => general -- (prevailing among and common to the general public; "the general discontent")
       => grassroots -- (of or involving the common people as constituting a fundamental political and economic group; "a grassroots movement for nuclear disarmament")
       => standard -- (commonly used or supplied; "standard procedure"; "standard car equipment")
          Also See-> usual#1; ordinary#1

Sense 3
common, mutual -- (common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor")
       => shared (vs. unshared) -- (have in common; held or experienced in common; "two shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent nuclei"; "a shared interest in philately")

Sense 4
common, usual -- (commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting")
       => familiar (vs. strange) -- (within normal everyday experience; common and ordinary; not strange; "familiar ordinary objects found in every home"; "a familiar everyday scene"; "a familiar excuse"; "a day like any other filled with familiar duties and experiences")

Sense 5
common, vernacular, vulgar -- (being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species")
       => informal (vs. formal) -- (used of spoken and written language)

Sense 6
common, plebeian, vulgar, unwashed -- (of or associated with the great masses of people; "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")
       => lowborn (vs. noble) -- (of humble birth or origins; "a topsy-turvy society of lowborn rich and blue-blooded poor")

Sense 7
coarse, common -- (of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population")
       => inferior (vs. superior) -- (of low or inferior quality)

Sense 8
coarse, common, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar -- (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")
       => unrefined (vs. refined) -- ((used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth; "how can a refined girl be drawn to such an unrefined man?")

Sense 9
common -- (to be expected; standard; "common decency")
       => ordinary (vs. extraordinary) -- (not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree; "ordinary everyday objects"; "ordinary decency"; "an ordinary day"; "an ordinary wine")