Skip to content

common

/ˈkɑmən/noun, adjective2 syllables

Common means: having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual.

Synonyms for common45

noun, as in a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

park, commons, green

adjective, as in having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual

average, ordinary, democratic, popular, demotic, frequent, general, grassroots, standard, usual

adjective, as in lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

coarse, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar, unrefined

adjective, as in of or associated with the great masses of people

plebeian, vulgar, unwashed, lowborn

adjective, as in belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

communal, public, joint

adjective, as in being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

vernacular, vulgar, informal

adjective, as in common to or shared by two or more parties

mutual, shared

adjective, as in commonly encountered

usual, familiar

adjective, as in of low or inferior quality or value

coarse, inferior

adjective, as in to be expected; standard

ordinary

also used for common

collective, corporate, united, catholic, ecumenical, generic, nonsingular, nonspecific, universal, normal, extensive, prevalent, ubiquitous, disseminated, far-flung

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Opposites of common

uncommon, individual

What does common mean?10

adjective

1

having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual“the common man”

2

lacking refinement or cultivation or taste“he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind”

3

of or associated with the great masses of people“the common people in those days suffered greatly”

4

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public“for the common good”

5

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language“common parlance”

6

common to or shared by two or more parties“a common friend”

7

commonly encountered“a common (or familiar) complaint”

8

of low or inferior quality or value“of what coarse metal ye are molded”

9

to be expected; standard“common decency”

noun

1

a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area“they went for a walk in the park”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with common?1

three syllables

uncommon
Show 40 near rhymes
problemmarketdepartmentproblemsmodelaugustproductsknowledgeproductawesomecongresslargestobamabottomthomastargetartistoptiongardenmartinmodelshonestsolidjohnsonoptionspromiseprofitchargesscotlandbostondramaapartmentcausesnovelmarketsbottlecarbonconstantconductpromised

Common in a sentence

  • We have many things in common: hobbies, educational backgrounds, for instance.unknown
  • We have many things in common: hobbies, educational background, and so on.Vortarulo
  • In my understanding, those two experiments do not have common factors.unknown
  • Who, that has common sense, would do such a thing?unknown
  • To do him justice, he is a man of common sense.unknown
  • Though he is very learned, he lacks common sense.unknown
  • Learning is one thing, and common sense another.CK
  • As a rule, twins have a lot in common.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of common

as a noun

plural
commons

as a adjective

comparative
commoner
superlative
commonest