common
adj 1: belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole;
public; "for the common good"; "common lands are set
aside for use by all members of a community" [ant: {individual}]
2: of no special distinction or quality; widely known or
commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "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" [ant: {uncommon}]
3: common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common
friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"
[syn: {mutual}]
4: commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint";
"the usual greeting" [syn: {usual}]
5: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday
language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term";
"vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses";
"the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"
[syn: {vernacular}, {vulgar}]
6: of or associated with the great masses of people; "the
common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior
that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose";
"a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"
[syn: {plebeian}, {vulgar}, {unwashed}]
7: of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal
ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths
used by the poorer population" [syn: {coarse}]
8: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse
manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him
as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an
uncouth soldier--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the
vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the
newly rich" [syn: {coarse}, {uncouth}, {vulgar}]
9: to be expected; standard; "common decency"; "simple
courtesy" [syn: {simple}]
n : a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area;
"they went for a walk in the park" [syn: {park}, {commons},
{green}]