Public

//ˈpʌblɪk//

Synonyms for "public" (352 found)

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Strong matches (105)

communistic community community at large commutual conjoint conjunct conspicuous constituency consumers cooperative cortical cosmopolitan courtier cultural community current custom dangler declared demos dependent

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Noun(6 words)

crowd drinker drinkery gargle-factory gin joint groggery

Related words (176)

joint kitschy known linguistic community local lodging house low-camp made public make public man in the street manifest market masses men middle class multitude municipal mutual nation nationality

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nightclub notable noted notorious obvious openly ordinary out outer outermost outlying outmost outside outstanding outward outward-facing overt parasite partisan patent patronage pension people people at large people in general peripheral persons philanthropic philistine plain platitudinous plebeian plebeians political polity pop popular population portion posada pothouse proclaimed projected proletariat prominent propagated proverbial pub public house public purse publicly publish published purchasing public pursuer pursuivant rabble rank and file rathskeller reciprocal renowned reported roadhouse rooming house roundabout ruck rumshop run rural market saloon saloon bar satellite sectary sector seeming segment semipublic shadow shared social socialistic societal society speakeasy special-interest group speech community spread state state supported stated stooge suburban market successor suite superficial supporter supranational surface tagtail tail talked about talked-about talked-of taproom tavern telecast televised the citizenry the general public the people the populace the population the public third estate trade trainbearer trite truistic unconcealed unexclusive universal universally admitted universally recognized unrestricted unshrouded urban vernacular viewable visible votary ward heeler well-kenned well-known well-recognized well-understood whole people widely known widespread wine shop world worldwide you and me youth market

Noun(13 words)

local nineteenth hole populace pot-house pub public good public house public interest rummery saloon tavern watering hole world

Related word relations

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

13 relation types

More general

2 entries

body people

More specific

2 entries

readership viewership

Antonyms

2 entries

private

Synonyms

1 entries

populace

Related terms

11 entries

people population pub publican publication publicise publicist publicity publicize publish republic

defined as

1 entries

opposite of private

derived

151 entries

AKPM Joe Public John Q. Public Public Health System antipublic attentive public certified public accountant counterpublic general public go public in public initial public offering make a public spectacle of oneself member of the public no one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public

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distinct from

1 entries

private

etymologically related_to

1 entries

people

has a

1 entries

right to know

is a

1 entries

body

related to

51 entries

audience authorities body body politic community crowd display event everyone everyone knows everything exoteric for everyone general group inn

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similar

17 entries

common exoteric in public eye in the public eye national open overt semipublic state supported state-supported unexclusive

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Translations

379 translations across 83 languages.

Albanian

2 entries

publik adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
publik noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

δημόσιος adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
δημόσιος adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
δημόσιος adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)

Arabic

4 entries

عَامّ adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
عَلَنِيّ adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
عُمُومِيّ adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
عُمُومِيّ adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)

Armenian

3 entries

հանրային adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
հասարակական adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
հասարակություն noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Assamese

1 entries

ৰাইজ adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

açıq adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
dövlət adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)
ellik adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
ellik adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)

Bashkir

3 entries

асыҡ adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
асыҡ adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
халыҡ өсөн асыҡ adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)

Belarusian

4 entries

грама́дзкі adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
грама́дзкі adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
грама́дзкі adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)
грама́дскі adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)

Breton

1 entries

foran adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)

Bulgarian

4 entries

обще́ствен adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
обще́ствен adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
обще́ствен adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)
общодостъ́пен adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)

Catalan

2 entries

públic adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
públic adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)

Chinese Cantonese

4 entries

公共 adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
公共 adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
公眾 /公众 noun (members of the community or the people in general)
大眾 /大众 noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

公共 adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
公共 adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
公眾 /公众 noun (members of the community or the people in general)
大眾 /大众 noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Czech

4 entries

veřejný adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
veřejný adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
veřejný adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)
veřejnost noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Danish

3 entries

offentlig adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
offentlig adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
offentlighed noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Dari

1 entries

عُمُوم noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Dutch

4 entries

openbaar adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
openbaar adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
openbaar adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
overheids adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)

Esperanto

4 entries

publika adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
publika adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
publika adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
publiko noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Estonian

1 entries

avalikkus noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Finnish

4 entries

julkinen adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
julkinen adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
julkinen adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
julkinen adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)

French

4 entries

public adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
public adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
public adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
public adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)

Galician

3 entries

público adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
público adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
público adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)

Georgian

4 entries

საზოგადოებრივი adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
საზოგადოებრივი adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
საყოველთაო adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
საყოველთაო adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)

German

4 entries

öffentlich adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
öffentlich adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
öffentlich adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
Publikum noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Greek

4 entries

δημόσιος adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
δημόσιος adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
δημόσιος adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
δημόσιος adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)

Gujarati

1 entries

જાહેર adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

piblik noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Hawaiian

1 entries

lehulehu noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Hebrew

4 entries

צִבּוּרִי adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
צִבּוּרִי adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
צִבּוּרִי adj (of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly)
צִבּוּרִי adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)

Hindi

4 entries

जनता adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
सार्वजनिक adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
सार्वजनिक adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
सार्वजनिक adj (of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly)

Hungarian

4 entries

köz adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
köz adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
köz adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)
közösségi adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)

Icelandic

2 entries

opinber adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
almenningur noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Indonesian

4 entries

terbuka adj (of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly)
umum adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
umum adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
umum adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)

Iranian Persian

4 entries

اِجْتِماعی adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
عَوامی adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
عُمومی adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
عُمومی adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)

Irish

4 entries

poiblí adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
poiblí adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
poiblí adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)
an pobal noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Italian

4 entries

pubblico adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
pubblico adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
pubblico adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)
pubblico noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Japanese

4 entries

公共 adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
公衆の adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
公共 noun (members of the community or the people in general)
大衆 noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Kazakh

4 entries

қоғамдық adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
қоғамдық adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
жұртшылық noun (members of the community or the people in general)
әлеумет noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Khmer

4 entries

សាធារណៈ adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
សាធារណៈ adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
សាធារណៈ adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
សាធារណៈ adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)

Korean

4 entries

공공(公共)의 adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
공중(公衆)의 adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
상장(上場)의 adj (of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly)
공공 noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Kyrgyz

3 entries

коомдук adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
коомдук adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
коомчулук noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Lao

4 entries

ມະຫາຊົນ adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
ສາທາລະນະ adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
ສາທາລະນະ adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
ສາທາລະນະ noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Latin

4 entries

publicus adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
publicus adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
publicus adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)
publicum noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Latvian

2 entries

publika noun (members of the community or the people in general)
sabiedrība noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Lithuanian

2 entries

publika noun (members of the community or the people in general)
visuomenė noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Macedonian

4 entries

публичен adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
јавен adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
јавен adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
јавен adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)

Malay

1 entries

awam adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)

Mongolian

2 entries

ард олон noun (members of the community or the people in general)
олон нийт noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Māori

4 entries

marake adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
mārakerake adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
o te katoa adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
tūmatanui adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)

Neapolitan

1 entries

prubbeco adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)

Norman

1 entries

publyi adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)

Norwegian Bokmål

4 entries

allmenn adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
offentlig adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
offentlig adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
allmennhet noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Occitan

1 entries

public adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)

Old English

1 entries

folc noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Polish

4 entries

publiczny adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
publiczny adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
publiczny adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)
publika noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Portuguese

4 entries

estatal adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)
público adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
público adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
público adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)

Punjabi

2 entries

ਅਵਾਮ noun (members of the community or the people in general)
ਜਨਤਾ noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Romanian

4 entries

public adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
public adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
public adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
public noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Russian

4 entries

обще́ственный adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
обще́ственный adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
обще́ственный adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
обще́ственный adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

poblach adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
poblach adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
sluagh noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

jȃvnī adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
jȃvnī adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
jȃvnī adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
jȃvnī adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)

Shan

1 entries

ၵူၼ်းမိူင်း noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Slovak

4 entries

verejný adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
verejný adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
verejný adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)
verejnosť noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Slovene

4 entries

javen adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
javen adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
javen adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)
javnost noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Spanish

4 entries

público adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
público adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
público adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
público adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)

Swahili

1 entries

umma noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Swedish

4 entries

allmän adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
offentlig adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
offentlig adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
statlig adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)

Tagalog

4 entries

pangmadla adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)
pangmadla adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
pangmadla adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
pangmadla adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)

Tajik

4 entries

иҷтимоӣ adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
оммавӣ adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
умумӣ adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
ҷамоатӣ adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)

Tarifit

1 entries

iwdan adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)

Tatar

1 entries

ачык adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)

Telugu

4 entries

ప్రజా adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
ప్రభుత్వ నిధి adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)
బాహాటము adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
వేలం adj (of a company: having shares of stock traded publicly)

Thai

4 entries

ประชาชน adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
มหาชน adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
สาธารณชน adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
สาธารณะ adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)

Turkish

2 entries

halk noun (members of the community or the people in general)
kamu noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Turkmen

1 entries

köpçülik noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Ukrainian

4 entries

грома́дський adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
грома́дський adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
грома́дський adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)
публі́чний adj (able to be known or seen by everyone)

Urdu

4 entries

اِجْتِماعی adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
عَوامی adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
عُمُومی adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
عُمُومی adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)

Uyghur

4 entries

جامائەت adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
ئاۋام noun (members of the community or the people in general)
جامائەت noun (members of the community or the people in general)
كۆپچىلىك noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Uzbek

4 entries

jamoat adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
avom noun (members of the community or the people in general)
jamoat noun (members of the community or the people in general)
jamoatchilik noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Vietnamese

4 entries

công cộng adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)
công cộng adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
công chúng noun (members of the community or the people in general)
xã hội noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Welsh

1 entries

cyhoedd noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Yiddish

1 entries

עולם noun (members of the community or the people in general)

Zazaki

4 entries

deg adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
degme adj (pertaining to people as a whole, as opposed to a group of people)
dewlet adj (officially representing the community; carried out or funded by the government or state on behalf of the community)
sariye adj (open to all members of a community, as opposed to only a segment of it)

Sample sentences

81 total sentences available.

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Doing math is the only socially acceptable way to masturbate in public.

Source: tatoeba (1796)

Even though he had served his time in prison, the murderer was never quite condoned by the public for his crime.

Source: tatoeba (2014)

You will soon get used to speaking in public.

Source: tatoeba (15966)

I need to make an urgent call. Is there a public phone near here?

Source: tatoeba (18795)

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