Belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public.
usage: "for the common good"; "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.
usage: "the common man"; "a common sailor"; "the common cold"; "a common nuisance"; "followed common procedure"; "it is common knowledge that she lives alone"; "the common housefly"; "a common brand of soap"
Common to or shared by two or more parties.
usage: "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor"
Being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language.
usage: "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species"
usage: "the common people in those days suffered greatly"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "his square plebeian nose"; "a vulgar and objectionable person"; "the unwashed masses"
usage: "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier-a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"