Common

//ˈkɒm.ən//

Synonyms for "common" (542 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (109)

familiar mutual ordinary coarse communal frequent general normal park plebeian public standard vulgar ignoble absolute interest abundant accustomed adequate all right appellative

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Noun(2 words)

commons berm

Adjective(13 words)

normal widespread appellative average banal basic bog standard bog-standard common as bums common as muck common or garden variety common-or-garden commonplace

Adjective(1 words)

coarse

Strong matches (162)

conniving contemptible contingent interest conventional conversational cooperant cooperating cooperative corny corporate cosmopolitan crummy current customary cut-and-dried daily decent declasse defiled degage

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demeaning democratic demotic despicable direct disadvantaged dominant down-to-earth dry dull earthborn easement easygoing ecumenic ecumenical epidemic equitable interest equity estate everyday fade fair fairway fellow field flat fourth class fourth-class frank frequentative fusty garden garden-variety gaudy generic gimcracky going golf course golf links good grassplot grassroots green greenyard grounds habitual hack hackney hackneyed harmonious harmonized high-camp holding homely homespun household humble humdrum impure in common in the shade inferior informal infra dig insipid interest intermediary intermediate international irregular joint junior kindred kitschy lawn lean less lesser like limitation lour low low class low grade low test low-camp low-class low-grade low-pressure low-quality low-test lowborn lowbred lowbrow lower lowly mainstream many many times matter-of-fact mean medial median mediocre medium meretricious mickey mouse middle-class middle-of-the-road middling mill minor miserable moderate modest moth eaten moth-eaten mundane musty national natural neat no great shakes nonclerical noncompetitive

Adjective(15 words)

conventional dime a dozen epicene everyday exoteric familiar far-flung garden variety gender of coalescence of masculine of feminine general ignoble intraordinary joint mainstream mutual

Noun(1 words)

green

Adjective(1 words)

mutual

Related words (271)

nondescript nonstandard normative not rare notorious of common occurrence oft-repeated oftentime old hat open ornery orthodox overused paltry pandemic paradise part pathetic pedestrian people

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percentage philistine pitiable pitiful plain plain spoken plain-speaking plain-spoken plastic platitudinous plaza pleasance pleasure garden pleasure ground plebeians poetryless polluted poor pop populace popular predominant predominating prescriptive prevailing prevalent profane proletarian prosaic prosing prosy proverbial public park punk pure pure and simple putting green rampant rank and file reciprocal recurrent regnant regular regulation reigning related relaxed repetitious respective rife right right of entry routine rubbishy rude ruling run-of-mine run-of-the-mill running rustic sad satisfactory scrubby scruffy scummy scurvy scuzzy second best second class second rank second rate second string second-best second-class second-rate secondary seedy servile set settlement severe shabby shabby-genteel shared shoddy similar simple simple-speaking sleazy sober social socialistic societal sorry spare spartan spoken square stake stale stark state stereotyped stock straightforward strict settlement sub subaltern subject subordinate subservient substandard suburban sufficient supranational symbiotic synergetic synergic synergistic tacky talked about talked-about talked-of tatty tawdry thick-coming third class third estate third rank third rate third string third-class third-estate third-rate threadbare timeworn tinny tired tiresome title tolerable traditional trashy trite truistic trumpery trust two-for-a-cent two-for-a-penny two-way twopenny twopenny-halfpenny typical unadorned unaffected unclean uncompetitive unconstrained uncouth underprivileged undistinguished uneducated unembellished uneventful unexceptionable unexceptional unexciting unfussy ungenteel unidealistic unimaginative unimpassioned unimpeachable uninteresting united universal universally admitted universally recognized unliterary unnoteworthy unoriginal unpoetic unpoetical unpretentious unrefined unremarkable unreserved unromantic unspectacular unstudied unvarnished use usual valueless vapid vernacular vested interest vile village green warmed over warmed-over well known well-kenned well-known well-recognized well-understood well-worn widely known widespread wonted workaday workday worn worn out worn thin worthless wretched

Adjective(22 words)

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usual workaday

Noun(3 words)

park tree lawn verge

Adjective(7 words)

plebeian rough-cut uncouth unwashed usual vernacular vulgar

Proper Noun(1 words)

standard

Adverb(1 words)

thick and fast

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

5 entries

parcel parcel of land piece of ground piece of land tract

Antonyms

10 entries

elite extraordinary individual irregular personal rare special uncommon unique unusual

Synonyms

14 entries

appellative coarse common land commoner familiar mutual normal ordinary park plebeian uncouth vulgar well known widespread

Related terms

13 entries

Galactic bare-bones boring female feminine frequency government issue hackneyed male masculine mediocre neuter wild type

dbpedia genre

1 entries

hip hop music

dbpedia occupation

1 entries

rapping

derived

531 entries

ASEAN Common Time Abinger Common Amersham Common Anlaby Common Asian common toad Balsall Common Bell Common Christmas Common Clapham Common Cliffe Common Colden Common Common-Civil-Calendar-and-Time Calendar Ealing Common Galley Common Greenham Common House of Commons

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distinct from

6 entries

occasional posh rare special unique unusual

has context

2 entries

grammar legal

is a

1 entries

musical artist

related to

100 entries

adjective board class coalescence common ground common land common noun communicate community composition converse courtesy day denominator ems epicene

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similar

29 entries

average communal democratic demotic familiar frequent general grassroots inferior

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Translations

306 translations across 72 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

i përbashkët adj (mutual)
i përgjithshem adj (mutual)

Amharic

2 entries

ተራ adj (usual)
የተለመደ adj (usual)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

κοινός adj (mutual)
ἀγελαῖος adj (ordinary)

Arabic

2 entries

شَائِع adj (usual)
شَائِع adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)

Armenian

4 entries

ընդհանուր adj (mutual)
հասարակ adj (ordinary)
սովորական adj (usual)
սովորական adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)

Asturian

3 entries

común adj (mutual)
común adj (usual)
común adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

ortaq adj (mutual)
şərik adj (mutual)

Bashkir

3 entries

уртаҡ adj (mutual)
уртаҡ мал noun (mutual good)
уртаҡ мөлкәт noun (mutual good)

Belarusian

3 entries

агу́льны adj (mutual)
звы́клы adj (usual)
звычайны adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)

Bulgarian

4 entries

обикновен adj (usual)
обикновен adj (ordinary)
общ adj (mutual)
разпространен adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)

Catalan

4 entries

comú adj (mutual)
comú adj (usual)
comú adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)
epicè adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

共同 adj (mutual)
共通 adj (mutual)
平常 adj (usual)
相互 adj (mutual)

Czech

4 entries

běžný adj (usual)
běžný adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)
obvyklý adj (usual)
obyčejný adj (ordinary)

Danish

4 entries

almindelig adj (usual)
fælles adj (mutual)
fælleskøn adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
sædvanlig adj (usual)

Dutch

4 entries

commuun adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
gemeen adj (mutual)
gemeen adj (usual)
gemene adj (mutual)

Esperanto

4 entries

komuna adj (mutual)
normala adj (usual)
ofta adj (usual)
ofta adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)

Finnish

4 entries

tavallinen adj (usual)
tavallinen adj (ordinary)
yhteinen adj (mutual)
yleinen adj (usual)

French

4 entries

commun adj (mutual)
commun adj (usual)
commun adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)
commun adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)

Galician

4 entries

común adj (mutual)
común adj (usual)
común adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)
común adj (ordinary)

Georgian

4 entries

ჩვეულებრივი adj (usual)
ჩვეულებრივი adj (ordinary)
ხშირი adj (usual)
ხშირი adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)

German

4 entries

Gemein adj (mutual)
durchschnittlich adj (ordinary)
gemein adj (ordinary)
gemeinsam adj (mutual)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌲𐌰𐌼𐌰𐌹𐌽𐍃 adj (mutual)

Greek

4 entries

αγελαίος adj (ordinary)
κοινός adj (mutual)
κοινός adj (usual)
κοινός adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)

Hanunoo

1 entries

adok adj (usual)

Hebrew

4 entries

מָצוּי adj (usual)
מָצוּי adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)
משותף adj (mutual)
נפוץ adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)

Hindi

4 entries

परस्पर adj (mutual)
साधारण adj (usual)
साधारण adj (ordinary)
सामान्य adj (usual)

Hungarian

4 entries

azonos adj (mutual)
egyező adj (mutual)
gyakori adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)
hétköznapi adj (usual)

Ido

2 entries

komuna adj (mutual)
ordinara adj (usual)

Indonesian

1 entries

umum adj (ordinary)

Interlingua

2 entries

commun adj (mutual)
commun adj (usual)

Irish

4 entries

coiteann adj (mutual)
coiteann adj (ordinary)
coitianta adj (usual)
coimín noun (tract of land)

Italian

4 entries

comune adj (mutual)
comune adj (usual)
comune adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)
comune adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)

Japanese

4 entries

ざら adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)
共通 adj (mutual)
平常 adj (usual)
普通 adj (usual)

Khmer

2 entries

ទូទៅ adj (usual)
សម្ទាយ adj (ordinary)

Korean

3 entries

공통 adj (mutual)
상호 adj (mutual)
통상 adj (usual)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

күнүмдүк adj (usual)

Ladino

1 entries

komun adj (usual)

Latin

4 entries

communis adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)
commūnis adj (mutual)
commūnis adj (usual)
genus commune adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)

Latvian

1 entries

kopīgs adj (mutual)

Lithuanian

1 entries

bendras adj (mutual)

Lower Sorbian

3 entries

gromadny adj (mutual)
pógromadny adj (mutual)
zgromadny adj (mutual)

Malay

4 entries

biasa adj (usual)
biasa adj (ordinary)
sama adj (mutual)
sepunya adj (mutual)

Middle English

4 entries

comun adj (mutual)
comun adj (usual)
comun adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)
comun adj (ordinary)

Māori

2 entries

pātahi adj (mutual)
pūnoa adj (mutual)

Norwegian

3 entries

vanlig adj (usual)
vanlig adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)
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

3 entries

comun adj (mutual)
comun adj (usual)
comun adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)

Old English

4 entries

gemǣne adj (mutual)
ġewunelīċ adj (usual)
ġewunelīċ adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)
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)
pospolity adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)

Portuguese

4 entries

(género) comum adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
comum adj (mutual)
comum adj (usual)
comum adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)

Quechua

1 entries

khuska adj (mutual)

Romanian

4 entries

comun adj (mutual)
comun adj (usual)
obișnuit adj (usual)
uzual adj (usual)

Russian

4 entries

взаи́мный adj (mutual)
о́бщий adj (mutual)
о́бщий род adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
обы́денный adj (usual)

Sanskrit

2 entries

साधारण adj (ordinary)
सामान्य adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

coitcheann adj (mutual)
coitcheann adj (usual)
coitcheann adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)
cumanta adj (mutual)

Sikkimese

1 entries

སྐྱུད adj (usual)

Slovene

1 entries

skúpen adj (mutual)

Southern Altai

1 entries

орток adj (mutual)

Spanish

4 entries

común adj (mutual)
común adj (usual)
común adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)
común adj (ordinary)

Swedish

4 entries

allmän adj (mutual)
gemensam adj (mutual)
utral adj (grammar: of the gender resulting from the coalescence of the masculine and feminine genders)
vanlig adj (usual)

Tagalog

4 entries

balana adj (mutual)
balana adj (usual)
pambalana adj (mutual)
pambalana adj (usual)

Telugu

3 entries

మామూలు adj (usual)
సామాన్య adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)
సామాన్య adj (ordinary)

Turkish

3 entries

ortak adj (mutual)
yaygın adj (usual)
yaygın adj (found in large numbers or in a large quantity)

Ukrainian

3 entries

зага́льний adj (mutual)
зви́чний adj (usual)
звича́йний adj (usual)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

zhromadny adj (mutual)

Vietnamese

4 entries

bình thường adj (ordinary)
chung adj (mutual)
thông thường adj (usual)
thường adj (usual)

Walloon

2 entries

kimon adj (mutual)
ordinaire adj (usual)

Welsh

2 entries

comin noun (tract of land)
commins noun (mutual good)

Yiddish

1 entries

בשותּפֿותדיק adj (mutual)

Sample sentences

45 total sentences available.

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They are too busy fighting against each other to care for common ideals.

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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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