1. Having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual
   "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"; "the common man"; "a common sailor"
    
2. 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"
    
3. Shared by or having the same connection with two or more parties
   "a common friend";
   - mutual
    
4. Found in large numbers or in a large quantity
   "a common complaint";
   - usual
    
5. Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language
   "common parlance";
   - vernacular, vulgar
    
6. To be expected; standard
   "common decency"
    
7. (disparaging) of or associated with ordinary, common people
   "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behaviour that branded him as common";
   - plebeian, vulgar, unwashed
    
8. Of low or inferior quality or value
   "produced … the common cloths used by the poorer population";
   - coarse
    
9. Lacking refinement, cultivation or taste
   "behaviour that branded him as common";
   - coarse, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar

1. A piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area
   "they went for a walk in the common"; "Students often gathered to study on the university commons";
   - park, commons, green

Derived forms: commons, commonest, commoner

See also: average, commonality, commonness, commonplaceness, communal, democratic, demotic, everydayness, familiar, frequent, general, grassroots, inferior, informal, joint, lowborn, ordinary, popular, public, shared, standard, unrefined, usual

Type of: parcel, parcel of land, piece of ground, piece of land, tract

Antonym: single, uncommon

Part of: populated area, urban area

Encyclopedia: Common, John