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1. common
adjective. ['ˈkɑːmən'] belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public.
Synonyms
- communal
- joint
- public
- commonness
Antonyms
- individuality
- individual
- outfield
- achromatic color
Etymology
- comun (Middle English (1100-1500))
- comun (Anglo-Norman)
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Rhymes with Common Cold
- uncontrolled
- decontrolled
- undersold
- controlled
- withhold
- patrolled
- oversold
- fourfold
- foretold
- extolled
- consoled
- uphold
- untold
- unsold
- unfold
- twofold
- strolled
- resold
- remold
- outsold
- machold
- enrolled
- enfold
- cajoled
- behold
- scold
- paroled
- ahold
- wold
- vold
How do you pronounce common cold?
Pronounce common cold as ˈkɑmən koʊld.
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2. common
adjective. ['ˈkɑːmən'] having no special distinction or quality; widely known or commonly encountered; average or ordinary or usual.
Synonyms
- average
- popular
- demotic
- commonplaceness
- commonness
- grassroots
- ordinary
- standard
- frequent
- general
- everydayness
- usual
Antonyms
- uncommon
- uncommonness
- extraordinary
- infield
Etymology
- comun (Middle English (1100-1500))
- comun (Anglo-Norman)
3. common
adjective. ['ˈkɑːmən'] common to or shared by two or more parties.
Synonyms
- mutual
Antonyms
- unusualness
- extraordinariness
Etymology
- comun (Middle English (1100-1500))
- comun (Anglo-Norman)
4. common
adjective. ['ˈkɑːmən'] commonly encountered.
Synonyms
- usual
Antonyms
- achromatic
- ripe
Etymology
- comun (Middle English (1100-1500))
- comun (Anglo-Norman)
5. common
adjective. ['ˈkɑːmən'] being or characteristic of or appropriate to everyday language.
Synonyms
- vernacular
- vulgar
Antonyms
- sophisticated
- well
- unite
Etymology
- comun (Middle English (1100-1500))
- comun (Anglo-Norman)
6. common
noun. ['ˈkɑːmən'] a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area.
Synonyms
- piece of ground
- green
- village green
- parcel
- park
- populated area
- commons
- tract
- parcel of land
- pleasure ground
- funfair
- urban area
- amusement park
Antonyms
- abnormality
- incidental
- layman
- unorthodox
Etymology
- comun (Middle English (1100-1500))
- comun (Anglo-Norman)
7. cold
adjective. ['ˈkoʊld'] having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration.
Synonyms
- arctic
- refrigerant
- shivery
- frigid
- snappy
- ice-cold
- glacial
- icy
- frigorific
- rimy
- heatless
- raw
- chilly
- nippy
- unwarmed
- rimed
- cool
- gelid
- parky
- refrigerating
- cutting
- polar
- nipping
- unheated
- temperature
- frozen
- frosty
- crisp
- acold
- bleak
- stone-cold
- frore
- refrigerated
Antonyms
- unfrozen
- hot
- unglazed
- clothed
Etymology
- cald (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. cold
adjective. ['ˈkoʊld'] extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion.
Synonyms
- frosty
- passionless
- emotionalism
- frigid
- cool
- emotionless
- emotionality
- glacial
- icy
- wintry
Antonyms
- unemotionality
- warm
- hot
- cooked
Etymology
- cald (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. cold
noun. ['ˈkoʊld'] a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs).
Synonyms
- respiratory illness
- respiratory disorder
- communicable disease
- head cold
- respiratory disease
- common cold
Antonyms
- concentration
- equatorial
- same
- noncrucial
Etymology
- cald (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. cold
noun. ['ˈkoʊld'] the absence of heat.
Synonyms
- temperature
- chill
- gelidity
- chilliness
- frigidness
- low temperature
- cool
- pressor
- iciness
- nip
- frostiness
- coldness
- vasoconstrictive
- coolness
- vasoconstrictor
Antonyms
- heat
- discomposure
- agitated
- discomposed
Etymology
- cald (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Sentences with common-cold
1. Noun Phrase
Getting more garlic in your diet may also help you fight off the common cold, although the National Institute of Health says more research is necessary before recommendations can be made.
2. Noun Phrase
An allergic reaction can cause symptoms that are similar to the common cold, but are not the result of a virus.