1. (

• park ,
• commons ,
• common ,
• green ,

) a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area; "they went for a walk in the park" ;

2. (

• commons ,
• common_land

) a pasture subject to common use ;

3. (

• commonalty ,
• commonality ,
• commons

) a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank ;

4. (

• third_estate ,
• Commons ,

) the common people ;

1. (

• common ,

) belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public; "for the common good"; "common lands are set aside for use by all members of a community" ;

2. (

• common ,

) having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual; "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" ;

3. (

• common ,
• mutual

) common to or shared by two or more parties; "a common friend"; "the mutual interests of management and labor" ;

4. (

• common ,
• usual

) commonly encountered; "a common (or familiar) complaint"; "the usual greeting" ;

5. (

• common ,
• vernacular ,
• vulgar ,

) being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language; "common parlance"; "a vernacular term"; "vernacular speakers"; "the vulgar tongue of the masses"; "the technical and vulgar names for an animal species" ;

6. (

• common ,
• plebeian ,
• vulgar ,
• unwashed

) of or associated with the great masses of people; "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" ;

7. (

• coarse ,
• common

) of low or inferior quality or value; "of what coarse metal ye are molded"- Shakespeare; "produced...the common cloths used by the poorer population" ;

8. (

• coarse ,
• common ,
• rough-cut ,
• uncouth ,
• vulgar

) lacking refinement or cultivation or taste; "he had coarse manners but a first-rate mind"; "behavior that branded him as common"; "an untutored and uncouth human being"; "an uncouth soldier;

9. (

• common

) to be expected; standard; "common decency" ;