Common Meaning

There are 10 meaning(s) for word Common

Meaning 1 : a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

    Synonyms : commons,  green,  park
Meaning 2 : common to or shared by two or more parties

    Example : a common friend

    Synonyms : mutual
Meaning 3 : being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

    Example : common parlance

    Synonyms : vernacular,  vulgar
Meaning 4 : commonly encountered

    Example : a common (or familiar) complaint

    Synonyms : usual
Meaning 5 : lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

    Example : behavior that branded him as common

    Synonyms : coarse,  rough-cut,  uncouth,  vulgar
Meaning 6 : of or associated with the great masses of people

    Example : the common people in those days suffered greatly,behavior that branded him as common

    Synonyms : plebeian,  unwashed,  vulgar
Meaning 7 : of low or inferior quality or value

    Example : produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population

    Synonyms : coarse
Meaning 8 : belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public

    Example : for the common good,common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community

Meaning 9 : having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual

    Example : the common man,a common sailor,the common cold,a common nuisance,followed common procedure,it is common knowledge that she lives alone,the common housefly,a common brand of soap

Meaning 10 : to be expected; standard

    Example : common decency

Common Antonyms