nnoun.persona person who holds no titleSynset:common man common person
Hypernyms:individual mortal person somebody someone soul
Inherited Hypernyms:commonerpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:commonerpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Joe BloggsJoe BlowJohn Doebourgeoisburgherciphercyphereverymanlaymanlaypersonman in the streetnobodynonentityplebplebeianproleproletarianrusticsecularworker
Full Hyponyms:bourgeoisciphercooncottercountrymancountrywomandogsbodyeverymanhillbillyjohn doelay readerlaymanmuzhikpeasantpetit bourgeoisphilistinepip-squeakplebeianproletarianredneckrusticwhippersnapperwoodsmanyokel
adjadj.allbelonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; publicAttributes:commonality commonness
Examples:- for the common good
- common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community
Antonyms:individual
Derivationally Related Form:commonalitycommonnesscommon
Inherited Hypernyms:common
Similar to:communal public
See also:joint
adjadj.allhaving no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usualAttributes:commonness commonplaceness everydayness
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:uncommon
Derivationally Related Form:commonalitycommonness
Inherited Hypernyms:common
Similar to:average ordinary democratic popular demotic frequent general grassroots standard
See also:ordinary usual
adj satadj.allcommon to or shared by two or more partiesSynset:common mutual
Examples:- a common friend
- the mutual interests of management and labor
Antonyms:unshared
Derivationally Related Form:commonalitycommonnessmutuality
Inherited Hypernyms:common
Similar to:shared
adj satadj.allcommonly encounteredSynset:common usual
Examples:- a common (or familiar) complaint
- the usual greeting
Antonyms:strange
Derivationally Related Form:commonalitycommonnessusualness
Inherited Hypernyms:common
Similar to:familiar
adj satadj.allbeing or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday languageSynset:common vernacular vulgar
Examples:- common parlance
- a vernacular term
- vernacular speakers
- the vulgar tongue of the masses
- the technical and vulgar names for an animal species
Antonyms:formal
Derivationally Related Form:vernacularcommonness
Inherited Hypernyms:common
Similar to:informal
adj satadj.allof or associated with the great masses of peopleSynset:common plebeian unwashed vulgar
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:noble
Derivationally Related Form:commonalityplebeiancommonnessvulgarizepleb
Inherited Hypernyms:common
Similar to:lowborn
adj satadj.allof low or inferior quality or valueSynset:coarse common
Examples:- of what coarse metal ye are molded - Shakespeare
- produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population
Antonyms:superior
Derivationally Related Form:commonness
Inherited Hypernyms:coarse
Similar to:inferior
adj satadj.alllacking refinement or cultivation or tasteSynset:coarse common rough-cut uncouth vulgar
Examples:- 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
Antonyms:refined
Derivationally Related Form:commonalityvulgarizevulgaritycommonnesscoarsenessuncouthness
Inherited Hypernyms:coarse
Similar to:unrefined
adj satadj.allto be expected; standardAntonyms:extraordinary
Derivationally Related Form:commonalitycommonness
Inherited Hypernyms:common
Similar to:ordinary