Common
Meaning of Common
adjective
- occurring, found, or done often; prevalent.
salt and pepper are the two most common seasonings
common misspellings
it's common for children to have middle ear infections
- shared by, coming from, or done by two or more people, groups, or things.
the two republics' common border
problems common to both communities
- showing a lack of taste and refinement supposedly typical of the lower classes; vulgar.
she's so common
- (in Latin, Dutch, and certain other languages) of or denoting a gender of nouns that are conventionally regarded as masculine or feminine, contrasting with neuter.
- (of a syllable) able to be either short or long.
- (of a crime) of lesser severity.
common assault
- a piece of open land for public use.
we spent the morning tramping over the common looking for flowers
- common sense.
- (in the Christian Church) a form of service used for each of a group of occasions.
- a person's right over another's land, e.g. for pasturage or mineral extraction.
Middle English: from Old French comun (adjective), from Latin communis .
Information about Common
- The plural form of Common is: Commons.
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Hyphenation of Common
Com-mon
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- Common is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
Common synonyms
Meaning mutual:
Meaning usual:
Meaning vernacular:
Meaning plebeian:
Meaning coarse:
Meaning park:
Meaning with no special or distinctive features; normal:
Meaning according to the customs or usual practices associated with a particular society, place, or set of circumstances:
Meaning regular; usual:
Meaning often encountered or experienced; common:
Meaning used, done, or happening on a habitual basis; usual:
Meaning (of a person) doing something often; habitual:
Meaning done or occurring again several times in the same way:
Meaning occurring often or repeatedly:
Meaning performed as part of a regular procedure rather than for a special reason:
Meaning commonplace:
Meaning done, produced, or occurring every day or every weekday:
Meaning ordinary or everyday; mundane:
Meaning used or accepted as normal or average:
Meaning having the distinctive qualities of a particular type of person or thing:
Meaning based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed:
Meaning (of a product or type of product) usually kept in stock and thus regularly available for sale:
Meaning viewed or represented as a stereotype:
Meaning able to be predicted:
Meaning not unusual; ordinary:
Meaning lacking interest or excitement; dull:
Meaning habitual; usual:
Meaning found or distributed over a large area or number of people:
Meaning affecting or concerning all or most people or things; widespread:
Meaning relating to or done by all people or things in the world or in a particular group; applicable to all cases:
Meaning (of a belief or attitude) held by the majority of the general public:
Meaning belonging to or characteristic of the mainstream:
Meaning widespread in a particular area or at a particular time:
Meaning existing at a particular time; current:
Meaning (especially of something undesirable) of common occurrence; widespread:
Meaning having existed or done something for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted:
Meaning existing in or as part of a tradition; long-established:
Meaning advocating the upholding or maintenance of tradition:
Meaning (of a person) not independent-minded; conventional and unoriginal:
Meaning generally believed or recognized to be valid or correct:
Meaning having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level:
Meaning rough and bad-mannered; coarse:
Meaning offensively impolite or bad-mannered:
Meaning not having or showing good manners; rude:
Meaning not appropriate for or typical of a well-bred, decorous woman:
Meaning not appropriate to or behaving like a gentleman:
Meaning (of a place or people) not socially, culturally, or morally advanced:
Meaning lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes:
Meaning not processed to remove impurities or unwanted elements:
Meaning hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts:
Meaning relating to, denoting, or preserving the character of an early stage in the evolutionary or historical development of something:
Meaning (of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled:
Meaning resembling or characteristic of a brute:
Meaning rough or clumsy and unintelligent:
Meaning very rude or coarse; vulgar:
Meaning low in status or importance; humble:
Meaning ranking below other people or things in importance or class:
Meaning lower in rank, status, or quality:
Meaning of low social, administrative, or political rank:
Meaning not honourable in character or purpose:
Meaning relating to the proletariat:
Meaning lazy and having low standards of cleanliness:
Meaning foolish, awkward, or clumsy:
Meaning of low birth or origin:
Common antonyms
Meaning not habitually or commonly occurring or done:
Meaning (of an event, situation, or condition) not occurring very often:
Meaning with impurities or unwanted elements having been removed by processing:
Meaning belonging by rank, title, or birth to the aristocracy:
Words that rhyme with Common
Ammon, Hammon, Mammon, McCammon, Scammon, ammon, backgammon, gammon, mammon, psammon, trammon, Lemmon, lemmon, persimmon, simmon, Roscommon, common, discommon, encommon, intercommon, overcommon, ultrauncommon, uncommon, assummon, foresummon, resummon, summon, Plynlymmon
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