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Common
adj
•
Mutual
;
shared
by more than one.
•
Occurring
or
happening
regularly
or
frequently
;
usual
.
•
Found in large
numbers
or in a large
quantity
;
usual
.
•
Simple
,
ordinary
or
vulgar
.
•
In Grammar:
In some
languages
,
particularly
Germanic
languages
, of the
gender
originating
from the
coalescence
of the
masculine
and
feminine
categories
of
nouns
.
•
In Grammar:
Of or
pertaining
to
common nouns
as opposed to
proper nouns
.
•
Vernacular
,
referring
to the
name
of a kind
of
plant
or
animal
, i.e;
common name
vs.
scientific name
.
•
Profane
;
polluted
.
•
Given to
lewd
habits
;
prostitute
.
verb
•
To
communicate
(something).
•
To
converse
,
talk
.
•
To
have sex
.
•
To
participate
.
•
To have a
joint
right with others in
common ground
.
•
To
board
together; to
eat
at a
table
in common
.
noun
•
Mutual
good,
shared
by more than one.
•
A
tract of land
in common
ownership
;
common land
.
•
The people; the
community
.
•
In Law:
The right of
taking
a
profit
in the
land
of another,
in common
either with the
owner
or with other
persons
; so called from the
community
of interest
which
arises
between the
claimant
of the right and the
owner
of the
soil
, or between the
claimants
and other
commoners
entitled
to the same right.
name
•
A
surname
.
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Similar
vernacular
commonplace
banal
familiar
widespread
mutual
plebeian
shared
plain
normal
regular
appellative
common-or-garden
everyday
general
routinary
joint
vulgar
base
workaday
conventional
ordinary
usual
routine
ignoble
pedestrian
far-flung
average
standard
typical
bog standard
garden variety
run-of-the-mill idiom
dime a dozen
ten a penny
two a penny
common as muck
par for the course
gender of coalescence of masculine of feminine
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prevalent
popular
important
prominent
rare
obvious
frequent
pervasive
useful
significant
dangerous
ubiquitous
convenient
abundant
universal
basic
powerful
difficult
similar
effective
problematic
noticeable
expensive
famous
likely
acceptable
essential
relevant
notable
critical
evident
serious
suitable
predominant
severe
easy
apparent
complicated
beneficial
interesting
dominant
accurate
visible
practical
fundamental
crucial
specific
unique
controversial
main
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Opposite
individual
unique
noteworthy
abnormal
peculiar
exceptional
sole
wonderful
endangered
strange
unconventional
personal
rare
unusual
atypical
exotic
special
indescribable
uncommon
extraordinary
few and far between
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Rhymes
common
uncommon
Lineage
common
English
comun
Middle English (1100-1500)
comun
Anglo-Norman
comun
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
communis
Latin
comoine
Latin
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