Main entry: common
Definition: having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
Usage: 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
Definition: not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind
Antonyms: extraordinary
Definition: beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
Antonyms: nonstandard
Definition: not standard; not accepted as a model of excellence
Antonyms: nonstandard
Definition: varying from or not adhering to a standard
Antonyms: nonstandard
Definition: not conforming to the language usage of a prestige group within a community
Antonyms: particular, specific
Definition: a fact about some part (as opposed to general)
Antonyms: specific
Definition: (sometimes followed by `to') applying to or characterized by or distinguishing something particular or special or unique
Antonyms: local
Definition: affecting only a restricted part or area of the body
Antonyms: infrequent
Definition: not frequent; not occurring regularly or at short intervals
Antonyms: unpopular
Definition: regarded with disfavor or lacking general approval
Antonyms: undemocratic
Definition: not in agreement with or according to democratic doctrine or practice or ideals
Main entry: common
Definition: belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public
Usage: for the common good; common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community
Antonyms: individual, single
Definition: being or characteristic of a single thing or person
Antonyms: private
Definition: confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy
Main entry: common
Definition: to be expected; standard
Usage: common decency
Antonyms: extraordinary
Definition: beyond what is ordinary or usual; highly unusual or exceptional or remarkable
Main entry: coarse, common
Definition: of low or inferior quality or value
Usage: of what coarse metal ye are molded- Shakespeare; produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population
Antonyms: superior, superordinate, higher-up
Definition: one of greater rank or station or quality
Antonyms: superior
Definition: of or characteristic of high rank or importance
Antonyms: superior
Definition: of high or superior quality or performance
Antonyms: superior
Definition: having an orbit farther from the sun than the Earth's orbit
Main entry: usual, common
Definition: commonly encountered
Usage: a common (or familiar) complaint; the usual greeting
Antonyms: unfamiliar
Definition: not known or well known
Definition: being definitely out of the ordinary and unexpected; slightly odd or even a bit weird
Main entry: mutual, common
Definition: common to or shared by two or more parties
Usage: a common friend; the mutual interests of management and labor
Antonyms: unshared
Definition: not shared
Main entry: common, vernacular, vulgar
Definition: being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
Usage: common parlance; a vernacular term; vernacular speakers; the vulgar tongue of the masses; the technical and vulgar names for an animal species
Antonyms: formal
Definition: being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
Antonyms: formal
Definition: (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms
Main entry: plebeian, vulgar, unwashed, common
Definition: of or associated with the great masses of people
Usage: 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
Definition: of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times
Main entry: coarse, common, vulgar, uncouth, rough-cut
Definition: lacking refinement or cultivation or taste
Usage: 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
Definition: (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel
Definition: freed from impurities by processing