commonest

Adjective

common (comparative more common or commoner, superlative most common or commonest)

1. Mutual; shared by more than one.
   • The two competitors have the common aim of winning the championship.

   Synonyms:

   mutual, shared, collective, corporate, joint, united

   Antonyms:

   personal, individual, peculiar, first and last, lone, one, one and only, only, single, singular

2. Existing among virtually all people; universal.
   • common knowledge, common decency, common sense

   Synonyms:

   catholic, general, ecumenical, generic, nonsingular, nonspecific, universal, unparticular, unsingular, unspecific

   Antonyms:

   individual, particular, concrete, discrete, peculiar, proper, singular, specific

3. Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
   • It is common to find sharks off this coast.

   Synonyms:

   normal, ordinary, standard, usual

   Antonyms:

   special, exceptional, rare, uncommon, aberrant, abnormal, alien, anomalous, as queer as Dick's hatband, bizarre

4. Found in large numbers or in a large quantity; usual.
   • "Commoner" used to be commoner, but "more common" is now more common.

   Synonyms:

   extensive, prevalent, ubiquitous, disseminated, far-flung, pervasive, predominant, prevailing, regnant, rife

   Antonyms:

   rare, uncommon, few and far between, dearthy, geason, infrequent, in short supply, non-common, raresome, scant

5. Simple, ordinary or vulgar.
   • the common folk

   Synonyms:

   common-or-garden, everyday, average, medial, basic, bog-standard, commonplace, common-and-garden, congruent, consistent

   Antonyms:

   exceptional, extraordinary, noteworthy, special

6. As part of the vernacular name of a species, usually denoting that it is abundant or widely known.
   • the common daisy (Bellis perennis)

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