· a person who holds no title

Synonym(s): common_man, common_person

Hypernym(s): person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul

· 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"

Antonym(s): individual

· 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"

Antonym(s): uncommon

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

Synonym(s): mutual

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

Synonym(s): usual

· 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"

Synonym(s): vernacular, vulgar

· 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"

Synonym(s): plebeian, vulgar, unwashed

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

Synonym(s): coarse

· 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--a real tough guy"; "appealing to the vulgar taste for violence"; "the vulgar display of the newly rich"

Synonym(s): coarse, rough-cut, uncouth, vulgar

· to be expected; standard; "common decency"