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(adjective) of 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" |
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Antonyms: uncommon |
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(adjective) 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" |
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Antonyms: individual |
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(satellite adjective) commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting" |
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Synonyms: usual |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: vernacular, vulgar |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: plebeian, unwashed, vulgar |
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(satellite adjective) to be expected; standard; "common decency"; "simple courtesy" |
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Synonyms: simple |
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(satellite adjective) common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" |
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Synonyms: mutual |
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(satellite adjective) 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" |
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Synonyms: coarse, uncouth, vulgar |
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(satellite adjective) of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population" |
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Synonyms: coarse |
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(noun) a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park" |
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Synonyms: commons, green, park |
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Related Words: Central Park, amusement park, funfair, parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, pleasure ground, tract, village green |
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