Synonyms of common

common 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in ubiquitous

often observed or encountered

horse ranches are a common sight in that part of the state

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ubiquitous
• usual
• commonplace
• familiar
• ordinary
• frequent
• household
• general
• everyday
• prevailing
• routine
• common or garden
• normal
• standard
• prevalent
• garden-variety
• quotidian
• popular
• a dime a dozen
• mandatory
• universal
• continuous
• constant
• regular
• obligatory
• recurrent
• endemic
• continual
• rampant
• perennial
• incessant
• unceasing
• repeated
• ceaseless
• de rigueur

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unusual
• rare
• uncommon
• extraordinary
• seldom
• unfamiliar
• infrequent
• abnormal
• unnatural
• occasional
• irregular
• intermittent
• sporadic
• aberrant

2

as in normal

being of the type that is encountered in the normal course of events

just a common house cat but an extraordinary friend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• normal
• ordinary
• usual
• typical
• commonplace
• average
• standard
• routine
• customary
• familiar
• everyday
• unremarkable
• prosaic
• regular
• expected
• unexceptional
• cut-and-dried
• garden-variety
• cut-and-dry
• run-of-the-mill
• popular
• standard-issue
• workaday
• par for the course
• plain
• homely
• frequent
• predictable
• trivial
• vulgar
• unimportant
• natural
• insignificant
• unextraordinary
• habitual
• wonted
• plain-Jane

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unusual
• strange
• extraordinary
• abnormal
• odd
• peculiar
• exceptional
• rare
• curious
• funny
• out-of-the-way
• atypical
• quaint
• anomalous
• scarce
• irregular
• queer
• aberrant
• untypical
• bizarre
• wild
• fantastic
• weird
• phenomenal
• prominent
• outrageous
• outstanding
• fantastical
• unique
• idiosyncratic
• notable
• striking
• eccentric
• unconventional
• conspicuous
• unorthodox
• wacky
• salient
• unprecedented
• offbeat
• singular
• freakish
• signal
• novel
• recherché
• oddball
• unparalleled
• whacky
• outré
• unexampled
• freak
• way-out
• far-out
• kooky
• nonconformist
• Kafkaesque
• kookie

3

as in general

belonging or relating to the whole

facts of common knowledge

Synonyms & Similar Words

• general
• generic
• overall
• universal
• broad
• wide
• widespread
• global
• blanket
• extensive
• collective
• pervasive
• sweeping
• across-the-board
• broad-brush
• ubiquitous
• comprehensive
• overarching
• wholesale
• aggregate
• worldwide
• complete
• broad-gauged
• full
• all-embracing
• broad-gauge
• plenary
• planetary
• inclusionary
• broadscale

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• particular
• individual
• component
• local
• partial
• regional
• fragmentary
• constituent
• divisional
• localized
• sectional
• cross-sectional

4

as in low

belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank

a man of wealth and privilege who mingled without pretense with the common folk

Synonyms & Similar Words

• low
• humble
• plebeian
• ignoble
• lower-class
• inferior
• proletarian
• vulgar
• poor
• lowly
• unwashed
• low-life
• mean
• lumpen
• simple
• lowborn
• prole
• bourgeois
• middle-class
• baseborn
• plain
• working-class
• downscale
• down-market
• déclassé

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• great
• high
• noble
• aristocratic
• lofty
• gentle
• upper-class
• grand
• genteel
• patrician
• prominent
• notable
• upper-crust
• eminent
• highborn
• illustrious
• blue-blooded
• highbred
• wellborn

5

as in prevailing

held by or applicable to a majority of the people

a politician who works not for the special interests but for the common good

Synonyms & Similar Words

• general
• prevailing
• popular
• overall
• public
• predominant
• unanimous
• majority
• received
• usual
• present
• vulgar
• ruling
• typical
• dominant
• current
• prevalent
• universal
• widespread
• characteristic
• contemporary
• familiar
• pervasive
• communal
• well-known
• everyday
• pop
• shared
• preponderant
• rife
• household
• pandemic

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• uncommon
• unusual
• rare
• special
• strange
• unknown
• unique
• distinctive
• individual
• peculiar
• unpopular
• separate
• personal
• private
• idiosyncratic
• especial
• singular
• nonpublic

6

as in collective

used or done by a number of people as a group

used a common bathroom while at the campground

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collective
• joint
• collaborative
• combined
• mutual
• communal
• shared
• cooperative
• multiple
• united
• concerted
• public
• pooled
• conjoint
• conjunct
• reciprocal
• generic
• general
• bilateral
• synergistic
• symbiotic
• consensual
• mass
• popular
• synergic
• universal
• two-way

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• individual
• single
• personal
• exclusive
• sole
• solitary
• unilateral
• private
• several
• one-man
• separate
• independent
• particular
• special
• one-sided
• one-way
• specialized
• esoteric

7

as in ordinary

of average to below average quality

has a common singing voice that's good enough for performing at those venues

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ordinary
• decent
• satisfactory
• medium
• indifferent
• fair
• adequate
• middling
• mediocre
• reasonable
• acceptable
• second-class
• nice
• passable
• sufficient
• run-of-the-mill
• run-of-the-mine
• good
• okay
• second-rate
• modest
• so-so
• respectable
• fine
• run-of-mine
• tolerable
• all right
• minimal
• moderate
• OK
• alright
• presentable
• sufficing
• unexceptional

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• special
• great
• excellent
• outstanding
• optimal
• superior
• distinguished
• exceptional
• classic
• optimum
• prime
• maximum
• splendid
• terrific
• supreme
• marvelous
• marvellous
• exquisite
• superb
• top
• first-class
• fantastic
• choice
• grand
• stellar
• fabulous
• sensational
• superlative
• matchless
• nifty
• par excellence
• capital
• sterling
• peerless
• preeminent
• swell
• number one
• No. 1
• A1
• unparalleled
• first-rate
• unmatched
• top-notch
• inadequate
• unsurpassed
• insufficient
• lacking
• unacceptable
• unsatisfactory
• tip-top
• deficient
• wanting

8

as in poor

of low quality

furniture of common workmanship that did not justify the high prices

Synonyms & Similar Words

• poor
• terrible
• cheap
• inferior
• bad
• rotten
• coarse
• worthless
• useless
• wretched
• low-grade
• mediocre
• miserable
• shoddy
• low-rent
• lousy
• crappy
• cheesy
• rubbishy
• bum
• counterfeit
• junky
• trashy
• execrable
• second-rate
• sleazy
• fake
• schlocky
• trumpery
• cheapjack
• shlocky
• gimcrack
• valueless
• cut-rate
• indifferent
• schlock
• el cheapo
• shlock
• lackluster
• showy
• bargain-basement
• tawdry
• second-class
• swanky
• meretricious
• ostentatious
• kitschy
• shabby
• gaudy
• flashy
• glitzy
• swank
• tacky
• seedy
• garish
• kitsch
• sham
• phony
• splashy
• phoney
• brummagem
• ultracheap
• supercheap

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• good
• excellent
• superior
• fine
• first-class
• high-grade
• elegant
• handsome
• first-rate
• tasteful
• top-notch
• refined
• polished
• handcrafted

9

as in vulgar

lacking in refinement or good taste

embarrassed by the common manners of his new in-laws

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vulgar
• crass
• rude
• coarse
• crude
• gross
• rough
• clumsy
• low
• rugged
• uncouth
• uncultured
• lowbrow
• raffish
• unpolished
• uncultivated
• tasteless
• unrefined
• rough-hewn
• illiberal
• incult
• insensible
• ill-bred
• lowbred
• rustic
• roughneck
• unsophisticated
• cloddish
• ungentlemanly
• boorish
• rustical
• loutish
• clownish
• indelicate
• churlish
• thoughtless
• insensitive
• lumpish
• provincial
• inconsiderate
• lubberly
• oafish
• barbarous
• countrified
• inelegant
• uncivilized
• barbaric
• tacky
• graceless
• countryfied
• unmannerly
• unmannered
• animallike
• mannerless

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• civilized
• smooth
• cultured
• cultivated
• polished
• refined
• genteel
• aristocratic
• tasteful
• elegant
• patrician
• graceful
• sensitive
• courtly
• well-bred
• restrained
• ultrarefined
• thoughtful
• sophisticated
• gracious
• considerate
• urbane
• citified

commonness

2 of 2

noun

1

as in prevalence

the fact or state of happening often

tardiness of as much commonness as the rising of the sun

Synonyms & Similar Words

• prevalence
• frequency
• occurrence
• frequence
• incidence
• frequentness
• continuousness
• regularity
• chronicity
• constancy
• appearance

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• infrequency
• unusualness
• rareness
• uncommonness
• infrequence

2

as in lowness

the quality or state of lacking refinement or good taste

the socialites were appalled by the newcomer's commonness

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lowness
• rudeness
• crassness
• grossness
• roughness
• coarseness
• vulgarity
• crudeness
• rawness
• indelicacy
• crudity
• tastelessness
• rusticity
• raffishness
• brutishness
• boorishness
• uncouthness
• inelegance
• artlessness
• churlishness
• rowdiness
• gracelessness
• unsophistication
• insensitiveness
• clownishness
• indelicateness
• loutishness
• insensitivity
• thoughtlessness
• kitsch
• tackiness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cultivation
• gentility
• refinement
• polish
• urbanity
• elegance
• tastefulness
• grace
• sensitivity
• consideration
• graciousness
• courtliness
• genteelness
• thoughtfulness

Phrases Containing common

• common denominator
• common or garden
• common sense
• make common cause