common

/kɑmən/ nounadjective
6 letters2 syllables12 points in Scrabble®16 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS10
NOUN
1

A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area.

ADJECTIVE
1

To be expected; standard.

“common decency”

2

Common to or shared by two or more parties.

“a common friend”

3

Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language.

“common parlance”

4

Commonly encountered.

“a common (or familiar) complaint”

5

Lacking refinement or cultivation or taste.

“behavior that branded him as common”

6

Of or associated with the great masses of people.

“the common people in those days suffered greatly”

“behavior that branded him as common”

7

Of low or inferior quality or value.

“produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population”

8

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”

9

Having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual.

“the common man”

“a common sailor”

WORD FORMS
Related formcommonality
Related formcommonness
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