They are too busy fighting against each other to care for common ideals.
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Common
/ˈkɒm.ən/
Synonyms for "common" (678 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (136)
Noun(6 words)
commonscollectivecollective living practicescollective motivecommunal living spacecommunal ownership
Adjective(11 words)
normalaveragebanalbasicbog standardcommon as bumscommon as muckcommon or garden varietycommon-or-gardencommonplaceconventional
absolute interestabundantaccustomedadequateall rightartificial turfasceticassociatedastroturfatticaustereaveragebabbittishback numberback-numberbaldbanalbarebasebaseborn
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beggarlybelow the saltbeneath contemptbenefitbesettingbewhiskeredbourgeoisbowling greenbreezybromidiccampycandidcasualcentralchastecheapcheesyciviccivilclaimclassicclassicalclichedcoactingcoactivecoadjutantcoadjuvantcoarsecockneycoefficientcognatecollaborativecollectivecollectivistcollectivisticcolloquialcollusivecombinedcommensalcommonagecommonerscommonly knowncommonplacecommonscommunalcommunalistcommunalisticcommunistcommunisticcommunitariancommunitycommutualconcertedconcordantconcurrentconcurringconjointconjunctconnivingcontemptiblecontingent interestconventionalconversationalcooperantcooperatingcooperativecornycorporatecosmopolitancrummycurrentcustomarycut-and-drieddaily
Verb(2 words)
Determiner(1 words)
any old thing
Adjective(22 words)
average casebase assumptionbasic chemistrybasic materialsbasic principlecoarsecollective decisioncollective valuescolloquial phrasescommon statistical conceptcommunal decision making frameworkcommunal garden plotscommunal gardenscommunal housingcommunal lifecommunal living arrangementcommunal resourcecommunal resourcescommunal servicescommunal use
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community-wideconventional idea
Strong matches (203)
Adjective(40 words)
daily taskeveryday activitieseveryday communicationeveryday household itemseveryday itemeveryday languageeveryday languageseveryday natural languageeveryday objecteveryday objectseveryday routineseveryday speecheveryday taskeveryday taskseveryday termeveryday wordexisting sequencefrequent updatesgeneral chemistry foundationgeneral chemistry laboratory
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general conceptgeneral english labelgeneral notiongeneral portuguesegeneral textgeneric contentgeneric grammargeneric patterngeneric taggeneric versionglobal phenomenonlexical frequencymainstream popmost commonplacemutualmutual aimmutual belongingmutual disagreementmutual motivemutual quality
decentdeclassedefileddegagedemeaningdespicabledirectdisadvantageddominantdown-to-earthdrydullearthborneasementeasygoingecumenicecumenicalepidemicequitable interestequity
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estateeverydayfadefairfairwayfamiliarfellowfieldflatfourth classfourth-classfrankfrequentfrequentativefustygardengarden-varietygaudygeneralgenericgimcrackygoinggolf coursegolf linksgoodgrassplotgreengreenyardgroundshabitualhackhackneyhackneyedharmoniousharmonizedhigh-campholdinghomelyhomespunhouseholdhumblehumdrumignobleimpurein commonin the shadeinferiorinformalinfra diginsipidinterestintermediaryintermediateinternationalirregularjointjuniorkindredkitschylawnleanlesslesserlikelimitationlourlowlow classlow gradelow testlow-camplow-classlow-gradelow-pressurelow-qualitylow-testlowbornlowbredlowerlowlymanymany timesmatter-of-factmeanmedialmedianmediocremediummeretriciousmickey mousemiddle-classmiddle-of-the-roadmiddlingmillminormiserablemoderatemodestmoth eatenmoth-eatenmundanemustymutual
Adjective(8 words)
Noun(28 words)
everyday calculationsfolkfrench regulerfrequentfrequent occurrencegeneral chemistry problemsgeneral practicegeneral rulegeneral sales tax revenuegreengroup belonginggroup feelingjointjoint attention indicatorslatin communisless uniquelingua franca greeklowbrowsmainstreammasses
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measure massmore ordinarymore popular uprisingmore sharedmost communal resourcesmost customarymost standardmutual
Verb(1 words)
Determiner(2 words)
most communal activitiesmost everyday
Adverb(1 words)
most frequent value
Related words (339)
nationalnaturalneatno great shakesnonclericalnoncompetitivenondescriptnonstandardnormalnormativenot rarenotoriousof common occurrenceoft-repeatedoftentimeold hatopenordinaryorneryorthodox
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overusedpaltrypandemicparadiseparkpartpatheticpedestrianpeoplepercentagephilistinepitiablepitifulplainplain spokenplain-speakingplain-spokenplasticplatitudinousplazapleasancepleasure gardenpleasure groundplebeianplebeianspoetrylesspollutedpoorpoppopulacepopularpredominantpredominatingprescriptiveprevailingprevalentprofaneproletarianprosaicprosingprosyproverbialpublicpublic parkpunkpurepure and simpleputting greenrampantrank and filereciprocalrecurrentregnantregularregulationreigningrelatedrelaxedrepetitiousrespectiveriferightright of entryroutinerubbishyruderulingrun-of-minerun-of-the-millrunningrusticsadsatisfactoryscrubbyscruffyscummyscurvyscuzzysecond bestsecond classsecond ranksecond ratesecond stringsecond-bestsecond-classsecond-ratesecondaryseedyservilesetsettlementsevereshabbyshabby-genteelsharedshoddysimilarsimplesimple-speakingsleazysobersocialsocialisticsocietalsorrysparespartanspokensquarestakestalestandardstarkstatestereotypedstockstraightforwardstrict settlementsubsubalternsubjectsubordinatesubservientsubstandardsuburbansufficientsupranationalsymbioticsynergeticsynergicsynergistictackytalked abouttalked-abouttalked-oftattytawdrythick-comingthird classthird estatethird rankthird ratethird stringthird-classthird-estatethird-ratethreadbaretimeworntinnytiredtiresometitletolerabletraditionaltrashytritetruistictrumperytrusttwo-for-a-centtwo-for-a-pennytwo-waytwopennytwopenny-halfpennytypicalunadornedunaffecteduncleanuncompetitiveunconstrainedunderprivilegedundistinguisheduneducatedunembellisheduneventfulunexceptionableunexceptionalunexcitingunfussyungenteelunidealisticunimaginativeunimpassionedunimpeachableuninterestinguniteduniversaluniversally admitteduniversally recognizedunliteraryunnoteworthyunoriginalunpoeticunpoeticalunrefinedunremarkableunreservedunromanticunspectacularunstudiedunvarnisheduseusualvaluelessvapidvernacularvested interestvilevillage greenvulgarwarmed overwarmed-overwell-kennedwell-knownwell-recognizedwell-understoodwell-wornwidely knownwontedworkadayworkdaywornworn outworn thinworthlesswretched
Adjective(46 words)
non science unitnormal dataordinary citizenordinary dayordinary horseordinary personplebeianplebeian inhabitantplebeian romanpopular goodspopular playthingpredominant influencepublic eventpublic monumentspublic resourcesregular itemroman plebeianrough-cutshared conceptshared expectation
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shared normshared purposeshared purposesshared resourceshared social bondshared thoughtsshared valuesshared visionstandard measurementstypical casetypical classroom activitytypical language developmenttypical natural-numberuncouthuniversal couplinguniversal languageuniversal setunremarkedunwashedusualvernacularvulgarvulgar behaviorvulgar termsvulgarerworldly
Adjective(21 words)
nonrareordinarypar for the coursepedestrianplainplain janeplain vanillaquotidianregularroutinaryroutinerun-of-the-millsharedstandardstandard issueten a pennytwo a pennytypicalusualwidespread
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Noun(24 words)
nonrigorous discourseordinaryordinary lifeordinary qualityparkpeopleplain nounportuguese comunalpúblico generalsharedshared ideashared moral valueshared responsibilityshared storysomewhat commonspanish ordinariostandard featurestapletypical lesson exampleusual
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Verb(2 words)
typify common traitsutilized
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
15 entriescollective usecommonnessfrequencyjoint uselandparcelparcel of landpeoplepiece of groundpiece of landpopulationprevalencepropertysharednesstract
More specific
12 entriesCollocations
10 entriescommon core standardscommon denominatorcommon household itemscommon knowledgecommon landcommon practicecommon propertycommon sensecommon spellingvillage green
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesAntonyms
2 entriessimilar
19 entriesShowing 16 of 19 words.
Translations
162 translations across 58 languages.
Amharic
2 entries- ተራ adj (usual)
- የተለመደ adj (usual)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀγελαῖος adj (ordinary)
Arabic
1 entries- شَائِع adj (usual)
Armenian
3 entries- հասարակ adj (ordinary)
- սովորական adj (usual)
- սովորական adj (ordinary)
Asturian
1 entries- común adj (usual)
Belarusian
1 entries- звы́клы adj (usual)
Bulgarian
2 entries- обикновен adj (usual)
- обикновен adj (ordinary)
Catalan
4 entries- comú adj (usual)
- epicè adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
- neutre adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
- ordinari adj (ordinary)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 平常 adj (usual)
- 通常 adj (usual)
Czech
3 entries- běžný adj (usual)
- obvyklý adj (usual)
- obyčejný adj (ordinary)
Danish
4 entries- almindelig adj (usual)
- fælleskøn adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
- sædvanlig adj (usual)
- vanlig adj (usual)
Dutch
4 entries- commuun adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
- gemeen adj (usual)
- gemene adj (usual)
- gewone adj (usual)
Esperanto
4 entries- normala adj (usual)
- ofta adj (usual)
- ordinara adj (usual)
- ordinara adj (ordinary)
Finnish
4 entries- tavallinen adj (usual)
- tavallinen adj (ordinary)
- yleinen adj (usual)
- yleinen adj (ordinary)
French
3 entries- commun adj (usual)
- commun adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
- ordinaire adj (ordinary)
Galician
3 entries- común adj (usual)
- común adj (ordinary)
- común adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
Georgian
3 entries- ჩვეულებრივი adj (usual)
- ჩვეულებრივი adj (ordinary)
- ხშირი adj (usual)
German
4 entries- durchschnittlich adj (ordinary)
- gemein adj (ordinary)
- gewöhnlich adj (usual)
- gewöhnlich adj (ordinary)
Greek
4 entries- αγελαίος adj (ordinary)
- κοινός adj (usual)
- κοινός adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
- συνηθισμένος adj (usual)
Hanunoo
1 entries- adok adj (usual)
Hebrew
3 entries- מָצוּי adj (usual)
- רגיל adj (ordinary)
- שכיח adj (usual)
Hindi
3 entries- साधारण adj (usual)
- साधारण adj (ordinary)
- सामान्य adj (usual)
Hungarian
4 entries- hétköznapi adj (usual)
- hétköznapi adj (ordinary)
- közismert adj (usual)
- közönséges adj (ordinary)
Ido
1 entries- ordinara adj (usual)
Indonesian
1 entries- umum adj (ordinary)
Interlingua
1 entries- commun adj (usual)
Irish
2 entries- coiteann adj (ordinary)
- coitianta adj (usual)
Italian
4 entries- comune adj (usual)
- comune adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
- grossolano adj (ordinary)
- ordinario adj (ordinary)
Japanese
3 entries- 平常 adj (usual)
- 普通 adj (usual)
- 通常 adj (usual)
Khmer
2 entries- ទូទៅ adj (usual)
- សម្ទាយ adj (ordinary)
Korean
1 entries- 통상 adj (usual)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- күнүмдүк adj (usual)
Ladino
1 entries- komun adj (usual)
Latin
2 entries- commūnis adj (usual)
- genus commune adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
Malay
2 entries- biasa adj (usual)
- biasa adj (ordinary)
Middle English
2 entries- comun adj (usual)
- comun adj (ordinary)
Norwegian
2 entries- vanlig adj (usual)
- vanlig adj (ordinary)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- felleskjønn adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- felleskjønn adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
Occitan
2 entries- comun adj (usual)
- comun adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
Old English
2 entries- ġewunelīċ adj (usual)
- ġewunelīċ adj (ordinary)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بیاغی adj (ordinary)
Persian
4 entries- رایج adj (usual)
- شایع adj (usual)
- معمول adj (usual)
- معمولی adj (ordinary)
Polish
4 entries- męsko-żeński adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
- obiegowy adj (usual)
- pospolity adj (usual)
- potoczny adj (usual)
Portuguese
3 entries- (género) comum adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
- comum adj (usual)
- comum adj (ordinary)
Romanian
3 entries- comun adj (usual)
- obișnuit adj (usual)
- uzual adj (usual)
Russian
4 entries- о́бщий род adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
- обы́денный adj (usual)
- обы́чный adj (usual)
- обыкнове́нный adj (usual)
Sanskrit
1 entries- साधारण adj (ordinary)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- coitcheann adj (usual)
- cumanta adj (usual)
- àbhaisteach adj (usual)
Sikkimese
1 entries- སྐྱུད adj (usual)
Spanish
4 entries- común adj (usual)
- común adj (ordinary)
- guashquero adj (usual)
- guashquero adj (ordinary)
Swedish
3 entries- utral adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
- vanlig adj (usual)
- vanlig adj (ordinary)
Tagalog
3 entries- balana adj (usual)
- pambalana adj (usual)
- pambalana adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
Telugu
2 entries- మామూలు adj (usual)
- సామాన్య adj (ordinary)
Turkish
1 entries- yaygın adj (usual)
Ukrainian
2 entries- зви́чний adj (usual)
- звича́йний adj (usual)
Vietnamese
4 entries- bình thường adj (ordinary)
- thông thường adj (usual)
- thường adj (usual)
- thường adj (ordinary)
Walloon
1 entries- ordinaire adj (usual)
Sample sentences
45 total sentences available.
You and I are good friends, but we have little in common.
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Didn't they teach you common sense as well as typing at the school where you studied?
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Love of money is common to all men.
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