COMMONNESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does commonness mean?
• COMMONNESS (noun)
The noun COMMONNESS has 4 senses:
1. the state of being that is commonly observed
2. the quality of lacking taste and refinement
3. ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
4. sharing of common attributes
Familiarity information: COMMONNESS used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• COMMONNESS (noun)
Meaning:
The state of being that is commonly observed
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
commonness; expectedness
Hypernyms ("commonness" is a kind of...):
normalcy; normality (being within certain limits that define the range of normal functioning)
Meaning:
The quality of lacking taste and refinement
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
vulgarity; grossness; raunch; vulgarism; commonness; coarseness
Hypernyms ("commonness" is a kind of...):
inelegance (the quality of lacking refinement and good taste)
Meaning:
Ordinariness as a consequence of being frequent and commonplace
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
commonplaceness; everydayness; commonness
Hypernyms ("commonness" is a kind of...):
mundaneness; mundanity; ordinariness (the quality of being commonplace and ordinary)
Attribute:
common (having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual)
uncommon (not common or ordinarily encountered; unusually great in amount or remarkable in character or kind)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commonness"):
prosaicness; prosiness (commonplaceness as a consequence of being humdrum and not exciting)
usualness (commonness by virtue of not being unusual)
Antonym:
uncommonness (extraordinariness as a consequence of being rare and seldom encountered)
Meaning:
Sharing of common attributes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
commonality; commonness
Hypernyms ("commonness" is a kind of...):
generality (the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability)
Attribute:
common (belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "commonness"):
solidarity (a union of interests or purposes or sympathies among members of a group)
