communal

adjective

kə-ˈmyü-nᵊl How to pronounce communal (audio)
Definition of communalnext
as in collective
used or done by a number of people as a group the swimming pool is part of the communal property of the condo complex

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Recent Examples of communal Here, guests hand in their devices on arrival, wear shared clothing to strip back status and move through entirely tech-free communal spaces. — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Whole hogs, widely available and suitable for slow, open-fire cooking that fed large communal gatherings, became central to the area’s emerging cuisine. — Amethyst Ganaway, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026 Róza El-Hassan, Hew Locke, Oscar Murillo, Selma Selman, and Iza Tarasewicz are five of the roughly thirty artists who will present works exploring themes of marginalization and communal life at locations in and beyond the city’s center. — News Desk, Artforum, 30 June 2026 Potlucks are a joyful way to gather, and potluck desserts are the sweet ending to a communal meal. — Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner, Martha Stewart, 30 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for communal
Recent Examples of Synonyms for communal
  1. collective
  2. collaborative
  3. joint
  4. combined
  5. mutual
Adjective
  • And that his journey was part of collective action as the entire American Revolution was.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Ahead of this year's remaining Semiquincentennial events, revisit some of the most memorable ways that the country rallied together in 1976 to celebrate their collective achievement.
    — Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 3 July 2026
Definition of collective
Adjective
  • More than 50 collaborative robots – or ‘cobots’ – were installed at the facility.
    — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
  • Dasgupta, whose company is FilmsPositive, said the shoot reflected the collaborative ambition at the project’s core.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 July 2026
Definition of collaborative
Adjective
  • In a massive joint operation, US Central Command – with tight coordination from US Strategic Command, US Space Command, and the US Space Force – used electromagnetic warfare to blank out a massive area over Iran.
    — David Szondy July 06, New Atlas, 7 July 2026
  • That includes four people who are part of a joint NASA and SpaceX mission known as Crew-12 that docked in mid-February.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Definition of joint
Adjective
  • The couple donated a combined $26 million to 20 local and national charities ahead of their nuptials, Swift’s publicist told Business Insider.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • The combined $235,000 spent so far is about the yearly salary of three or four mid-level employees.
    — Alexandra Phelps July 3, Miami Herald, 3 July 2026
Definition of combined
Adjective
  • Madonna never set out to become a classic British lady of the manor, however, until fate intervened when she was introduced to Hugo Vickers, Cecil Beaton's suave biographer, through a mutual friend in 1998.
    — Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 5 July 2026
  • The sheriff's office initiated an emergency call-in of all off-duty deputies and requested mutual aid from Rock, Kenosha and Jefferson counties and the Wisconsin State Patrol and DNR.
    — Alexandra Koch, FOXNews.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of mutual

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