commonality

com·mon·al·i·ty

noun \ˌkä-mə-ˈna-lə-tē\

plural com·mon·al·i·ties

Definition of COMMONALITY

1

: the common people

2

a : possession of common features or attributes : commonness

b : a common feature or attribute

Examples of COMMONALITY

1. The plans share important commonalities.
2. <one commonality between the two very different women is their passion for charity work>

Origin of COMMONALITY

Middle English communalite commonwealth, alteration of communalte

First Known Use: 1543

Related to COMMONALITY

Synonyms

similarity, common denominator, congruity, correspondence, parallel, resemblance, similitude

Antonyms

dissimilarity

Related Words

counterpart, equal, equivalent; analogy; homology

Near Antonyms

difference, discrepancy; deviance, divergence, incongruence, incongruity; change, modification, variation

Rhymes with COMMONALITY

abnormality, actuality, amorality, animality, atonality, axiality, bestiality, bilinguality, bimodality, bipedality, cardinality, classicality, coevality, comicality, communality, conjugality, cordiality, corporality, criminality, criticality, ethicality, externality, factuality, farcicality, fictionality, functionality, generality, geniality, hospitality, ideality, illegality, immorality, immortality, informality, integrality, internality, irreality, joviality, lexicality, liberality, lineality, literality, logicality, lognormality, marginality, musicality, mutuality, nationality, notionality, nuptiality, optimality, parfocality, partiality, personality, physicality, practicality, principality, prodigality, punctuality, quizzicality, rationality, seasonality, sensuality, sexuality, siege mentality, sociality, speciality, subnormality, surreality, technicality, temporality, textuality, topicality, triviality, typicality, unmorality, unreality, verticality, virtuality, whimsicality