They arrived in Southern Rhodesia, and there was a choice of an immigrants' camp, consisting of mud huts with a communal water supply, or a hotel; and they chose the hotel, being what are known as people of means.
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Communal
/kəˈmju.nəl/
Synonyms for "communal" (269 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (54)
Adjective(27 words)
agrarian communalistcenobiticcivic framework guidelinescivil progressionscoenobiticcollectivecollective activitycollective behaviorcollective conductcollective decisioncollective effortcollective ethoscollective gardencollective goalcollective home lifecollective householdcollective identity developmentcollective memory storycollective mindedcollective motivation
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collective plancollective propertycollective traitcollective usecollective valuescollective welfarecollective welfares
Noun(15 words)
catalan públiccivic adjectivecohousing movementcollective agencycollective belongingcollective consciousnesscollective distributioncollective dynamicscollective identitycollective living practicescollective memory studiescollective motivecollective nouncollective ownershipcollective process
Strong matches (81)
Adjective(16 words)
collective wisdomcommon goodscommon roomcommunal diningcommunal student housingcommunalist policiescommunalist theorycommunalistic approachcommunalistic policycommunalistic valuescommunitarian philosophycommunity orientedcommunity-owned resourcesdutch solidariteitfrench solidaritégroup oriented
collectivistcollectivisticcollusivecombinedcommensalcommoncommotioncommunalistcommunalisticcommunistcommunisticcommunitariancommutualconcertedconcordantconcurrentconcurringconjointconnivingcooperant
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Noun(34 words)
common areacommon good modelcommunalist advocacycommunalist ideologycommunalist movementcommunalist theory analysiscommunalizingcommunity facilitycommunity gardencommunity garden spacecommunity governancecommunity history collectioncommunity organizationcommunity ownedcommunity projectscommunity propertiescommunity servicecommunity tiescooperative livingcooperative living style
Related words (134)
Noun(43 words)
italian pubblicomore collectivemore communalmore communalistmore communalisticmore sharedmore societalmost communalistmost societalmusic collectivepotluckpublic announcementpublic assetpublic interaction rulespublic-lifeshared classroom materialsshared communal valuesshared housing arrangementshared livingsshared space
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shared storysharingsharing culturesocial behaviorsocial bondsocial conditionsocial developmentssocial group identitysocial interaction featuresocial issuesocial science topicsocial skillssocial solidaritysocial statesocial system frameworksocial systemssocietal changesocietal developmentsocietal threatspanish públicospazio pubblicostudent communethe most common
jointmutualnationalnoncompetitiveorganizationalpopularpublicreciprocalrespectivesociablesocialsocialisticsocietalsocietystatesupranationalsymbioticsynergeticsynergicsynergistic
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Adjective(64 words)
joint classroom usejoint householdmost collectivemutual aid programpublicpublic agencypublic behaviorpublic clubpublic establishment buildingpublic facilitypublic lifepublic matterpublic monumentpublic powerpublic programpublic reportpublic resourcespublic spiritedsharedshared communality
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shared decisionsshared environmentshared facilityshared gardenshared garden areashared livingshared natural assetsshared reading listshared resourceshared resourcesshared roomshared school resourcesshared textbooksshared use facilitysocial adjectivesocial approachedsocial arrangementsocial attributesocial bondssocial causesocial conceptsocial customsocial domainsocial forcessocial groupssocial mechanismsocial normssocial organizationssocial phenomenonsocial practicessocial problemsocial processsocial systemsocial traitsocial trendsocial valuessocially orientedsocietal conceptsocietal conditionsocietal ordersocietal policiessocietal processspanish colectivourban communalist
Adverb(2 words)
more communal livingmore public monument
Determiner(1 words)
most social group
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
6 entriescommunity characteristicethical standardownership conceptpolicy typeproperty typesocial attribute
More specific
6 entriesCollocations
6 entriescommunal decision makingcommunal gardencommunal livingcommunal mealscommunal resourcescommunal spaces
Inflections
2 entriesmore communalmost communal
Derivations
3 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
30 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- колективен adj (pertaining to a community)
- комунален adj (pertaining to a community)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 社區的 /社区的 adj (pertaining to a community)
- 社群的 adj (pertaining to a community)
- 群體的 /群体的 adj (pertaining to a community)
Finnish
1 entries- yhteisöllinen adj (pertaining to a community)
French
1 entries- communautaire adj (pertaining to a community)
Galician
1 entries- comunitario adj (pertaining to a community)
German
2 entries- gemeinschaftlich adj (pertaining to a community)
- kommunal adj (pertaining to a community)
Hebrew
2 entries- קהילתי adj (pertaining to a community)
- קהילתית adj (pertaining to a community)
Irish
2 entries- pobail adj (pertaining to a community)
- pobalda adj (pertaining to a community)
Italian
1 entries- comunitario adj (pertaining to a community)
Latin
1 entries- commūnālis adj (pertaining to a community)
Portuguese
1 entries- comunitário adj (pertaining to a community)
Romanian
1 entries- comunitar adj (pertaining to a community)
Russian
2 entries- коммуна́льный adj (pertaining to a community)
- общи́нный adj (pertaining to a community)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- komunalni adj (pertaining to a community)
- općedruštveni adj (pertaining to a community)
- zȁjedničkī adj (pertaining to a community)
- за̏једничкӣ adj (pertaining to a community)
Slovak
1 entries- komunitný adj (pertaining to a community)
Spanish
1 entries- comunitario adj (pertaining to a community)
Swedish
1 entries- samhällelig adj (pertaining to a community)
Telugu
1 entries- సామాజిక adj (pertaining to a community)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
There is a communal kitchen in the dormitory.
Source: tatoeba (2332742)
The apartment is cheap, but it only has communal bathrooms.
Source: tatoeba (2332743)
The communal aerial on our block of flats was struck by lightning.
Source: tatoeba (6174457)
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