<b><font size="4">"common"</font></b><br/><b>adjective</b> <ol> <li>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" [ant: <a href="../individual.html">individual</a>] </li> <li>of no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "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" [ant: <a href="../uncommon.html">uncommon</a>] </li> <li>common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" [syn: <a href="../mutual.html">mutual</a>] </li> <li>commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting" [syn: <a href="../usual.html">usual</a>] </li> <li>being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species" [syn: <a href="../vernacular.html">vernacular</a>, <a href="../vulgar.html">vulgar</a>] </li> <li>of or associated with the great masses of people; "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" [syn: <a href="../plebeian.html">plebeian</a>, <a href="../vulgar.html">vulgar</a>, <a href="../unwashed.html">unwashed</a>] </li> <li>of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population" [syn: <a href="../coarse.html">coarse</a>] </li> <li>lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "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" [syn: <a href="../coarse.html">coarse</a>, <a href="../rough-cut.html">rough-cut</a>, <a href="../uncouth.html">uncouth</a>, <a href="../vulgar.html">vulgar</a>] </li> <li>to be expected; standard; "common decency"</li> </ol> <b>noun</b> <ol> <li>a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park" [syn: <a href="../park.html">park</a>, <a href="../commons.html">commons</a>, <a href="../green.html">green</a>]</li> </ol> Source: <a href="../common.html">http://www.word.sc/common</a>

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