Definition of common

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• common is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
• common is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
• common is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 16

Definition of common

• a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area (noun)

  Synonyms

  1. commons
  2. green
  3. park
• common to or shared by two or more parties (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a common friend

  Synonyms

  1. mutual
• being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language (adjective)

  Examples

  1. common parlance

  Synonyms

  1. vernacular
  2. vulgar
• commonly encountered (adjective)

  Examples

  1. a common (or familiar) complaint

  Synonyms

  1. usual
• lacking refinement or cultivation or taste (adjective)

  Examples

  1. behavior that branded him as common

  Synonyms

  1. coarse
  2. rough-cut
  3. uncouth
  4. vulgar
• of or associated with the great masses of people (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the common people in those days suffered greatly
  2. behavior that branded him as common

  Synonyms

  1. plebeian
  2. unwashed
  3. vulgar
• of low or inferior quality or value (adjective)

  Examples

  1. produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population

  Synonyms

  1. coarse
• belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public (adjective)

  Examples

  1. for the common good
  2. common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community
• having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the common man
  2. a common sailor
  3. the common cold
  4. a common nuisance
  5. followed common procedure
  6. it is common knowledge that she lives alone
  7. the common housefly
  8. a common brand of soap
• to be expected; standard (adjective)

  Examples

  1. common decency

See definition of common in Merriam Webster