I. adjective
1.
generally shared in or participated in by members of a community
our common civic responsibilities
Synonyms: communal, conjoint, conjunct, intermutual, joint, mutual, public, shared
Related Word: general, generic, universal; like, reciprocal, similar; corporate
Contrasted words: personal, private, restricted
Antonyms: individual
2.
Synonyms: general 2, generic, universal
Related Word: popular, public
3.
Synonyms: impure 3, defiled, desecrated, polluted, profaned, unclean
4.
taking place often
a common occurrence
Synonyms: customary, everyday, familiar, frequent
Related Word: repetitious, routine, usual
Contrasted words: infrequent, occasional, unfrequent; casual, chance, incidental
Antonyms: rare, uncommon
5.
Synonyms: general , commonplace, matter-of-course, natural, normal, prevalent, regular, typic, typical, usual
6.
conforming to a type without noteworthy excellences or faults
just a common everyday sort trying to get by in life
Synonyms: commonplace, ordinary, prosaic, uneventful, unexceptional, unnoteworthy
Related Word: down-to-earth, matter-of-fact, prosy, unexciting; dull, flat, trite, stale, uninteresting
Contrasted words: exceptional, noteworthy, remarkable; excellent, marvelous, prodigious, wonderful; aberrant, divergent, eccentric
Antonyms: extraordinary
7.
Synonyms: decent 4, adequate, all right, good, satisfactory, sufficient, tolerable, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unimpeachable
8.
Synonyms: cheap 2, mean, ||ornery, paltry, poor, rubbishy, shoddy, sleazy, tatty, trashy
9.
Synonyms: inferior 2, déclassé, hack, low-grade, mean, poor, second-class, second-drawer, second-rate
|| 10.
Synonyms: easygoing 3, breezy, casual, informal, low-pressure, relaxed, ||sonsy, unconstrained, unfussy, unreserved
II. noun
1.
commons plural but singular or plural in construction
Synonyms: commonalty , commonage, commoners, common men, people, plebeians, plebs, populace, rank and file, third estate
2.
an often improved and ornamentally planted open space for public use in a built-up area
in summer a band played on the village common
Synonyms: green, plaza, square
Related Word: garden, park, pleasance, pleasure ground