Thesaurus:common

Thesaurus

common

English

Adjective

Sense: occurring or happening regularly or frequently

Synonyms

• average
• basic
• bog-standard
• common
• common as bums (Australia, US, simile)
• common as dirt (simile)
• common as muck (UK, simile)
• common as pig tracks (simile)
• dime a dozen (Australia, US, idiomatic)
• everyday
• frequent
• general
• habitual
• nonrare
• par for the course (idiomatic)
• pedestrian
• plain
• quotidian
• regular
• routinary
• routine
• ten a penny (UK, idiomatic)
• two a penny (UK, idiomatic)
• usual
• workaday

Antonyms

• abnormal
• atypical
• exceptional
• exotic
• uncommon
• endangered
• extraordinary
• rare    [⇒ thesaurus]
• strange    [⇒ thesaurus]
• unconventional
• unique    [⇒ thesaurus]
• unusual

Hypernyms

• repeated    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• supercommon
•   —
• boring    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hackneyed    [⇒ thesaurus]
• seasonal    [⇒ thesaurus]

Usage notes

There is strong cross-over between Thesaurus:common and Thesaurus:normal with many entries shared by both pages. However, Common refers to frequency of occurrence while Normal refers to the characteristics of any individual instance.

See also

• Thesaurus:frequency
• Thesaurus:mediocre
• Thesaurus:normal

Further reading

• “136. frequency” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “80. normality” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “78. generality” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “common” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.