commonadjective
uk/ˈkɒm.ən/us/ˈkɑː.mən/common adjective (USUAL)
B1 the same in a lot of places or for a lot of people:
the basic level of politeness that you expect from someone
B2 a fact that everyone knows:
More examples
- Oil spills are common, as is the dumping of toxic industrial wastes.
- It's common practice in the States to tip the hairdresser.
- In the past, bear-baiting was a common form of entertainment in Britain.
- This disease is four times more common in boys than in girls.
- One common cause of homelessness is separation or divorce.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Plain and ordinary
- as it comes idiom
- austere
- austerity
- be a dime a dozen idiom
- be two/ten a penny idiom
- dime
- homely
- homespun
- homey
- humble
- humdrum
- kitchen-sink
- penny
- severely
- shout
- simple
- sober
- something/nothing to shout about idiom
- spartan
- stale
See more results »
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
common adjective (SHARED)
B1 belonging to or shared by two or more people, or things:
If something is done for the common good, it is done to help everyone.
to act together with someone in order to achieve something:
More examples
- The two countries combined against their common enemy.
- Her latest film, by common consent, is her best yet.
- English is de facto the common language of much of the world today.
- Excretion is one of several activities common to both plants and animals.
- The two countries have united against their common foe.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sharing
- allocate
- allot
- allotment
- apportion
- cake
- distribution
- divide/split (sth) down the middle idiom
- divvy
- divvy sth up
- double up
- Dutch
- half
- joint
- middle
- ration sth out
- redistribute
- share and share alike idiom
- share-out
- shareable
- split
See more results »
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
common adjective (LOW CLASS)
disapproving typical of a low social class:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Class & class-consciousness in general
- arriviste
- bougie
- bourgeois
- class struggle
- class-conscious
- high society
- Hooray Henry
- inverted snob
- lower class
- lowest common denominator
- polarize
- prole
- proletarian
- riff-raff
- Sloane Ranger
- the upper crust
- underclass
- untouchable
- upper class
- upwardly mobile
See more results »
Idiom(s)
commonnoun
uk/ˈkɒm.ən/us/ˈkɑː.mən/common noun (LAND)
[ C ] US also commons an area of grass that everyone is allowed to use, usually in or near a village
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Geography: deserts, prairies & wildernesses
- bush
- Bushman
- desert
- dust bowl
- marginal land
- moor
- moorland
- pampas
- pasture
- plain
- scrub
- steppe
- sward
- tall-grass prairie
- the outback
- tundra
- undeveloped
- waste
- wasteland
- wild
See more results »
common noun (SHARED)
B1 to share interests, experiences, or other characteristics with someone or something:
C1 in the same way as someone or something:
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sharing
- allocate
- allot
- allotment
- apportion
- cake
- distribution
- divide/split (sth) down the middle idiom
- divvy
- divvy sth up
- double up
- Dutch
- half
- joint
- middle
- ration sth out
- redistribute
- share and share alike idiom
- share-out
- shareable
- split
See more results »
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: