Meaning of 'common'

adjective

having no special distinction or quality

Example: "widely known or commonly encountered"

adjective

belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole

adjective

commonly encountered

Example: "a common (or familiar) complaint"

Synonyms: usual

adjective

being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language

Example: "common parlance"

Synonyms: vulgar

adjective

of or associated with the great masses of people

Example: "the common people in those days suffered greatly"

Synonyms: unwashed

adjective

to be expected

Synonyms: expectable

adjective

lacking refinement or cultivation or taste

Synonyms: vulgar rough-cut coarse uncouth

adjective

common to or shared by two or more parties

Example: "a common friend"

Synonyms: mutual

adjective

of low or inferior quality or value

Synonyms: coarse

noun

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

Synonyms: green