n. 25B6; noun
work done for the community : POPULATION, populace, people, citizenry, (general) public, collective; residents, inhabitants, citizens.
a rural community : DISTRICT, region, zone, area, locality, locale, neighbourhood; informal neck of the woods, turf; Brit. informal manor; N. Amer. informal hood, nabe.
gays are not one homogenous community : GROUP, body, set, circle, clique, faction; informal gang, bunch.
a monastic community : BROTHERHOOD, sisterhood, fraternity, sorority, sodality; colony, order.
community of interests : SIMILARITY, likeness, comparability, correspondence, agreement, closeness, affinity.
the community of goods : JOINT OWNERSHIP, common ownership, shared possession.