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Synonyms for public
ˈpʌb lɪkpub·lic
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Wiktionary
publicnoun
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privatepublicadjective
Able to be seen or known by everyone; open to general view, happening without concealment.
Members of the public may not proceed beyond this point.
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privatepublicadjective
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privatepublicadjective
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privatepublicadjective
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privatepublicadjective
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private
English Synonyms and Antonyms
public
Common signifies frequently occurring, not out of the regular course, not exceptional; hence, not above the average, not excellent or distinguished, inferior, or even low; common also signifies pertaining to or participated in by two or more persons or things; as, sorrow is common to the race. General may signify pertaining equally to all of a class, race, etc., but very commonly signifies pertaining to the greater number, but not necessarily to all. Universal applies to all without exception; general applies to all with possible or comparatively slight exceptions; common applies to very many without deciding whether they are even a majority. A common remark is one we often hear; a general experience is one that comes to the majority of people; a universal experience is one from which no human being is exempt. It is dangerous for a debater to affirm a universal proposition, since that can be negatived by a single exception, while a general statement is not invalidated even by adducing many exceptions. We say a common opinion, common experience, a general rule, general truth, a universal law. Compare synonyms for NORMAL; USUAL.
Synonyms:
common, commonplace, customary, everyday, familiar, frequent, general, habitual, normal, ordinary, popular, prevalent, universal, usualAntonyms:
exceptional, infrequent, rare, singular, uncommon, unknown, unusual
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
populace, public, worldnoun
people in general considered as a whole
"he is a hero in the eyes of the public"
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reality, world, humankind, human race, earthly concern, man, cosmos, globe, creation, macrocosm, universe, worldly concern, populace, humanity, human beings, mankind, existence, humans, earth, domainAntonyms:
offstage, closed-door, secluded, private, one-on-one, tete-a-tete, clubby, secret, nonpublic, single, privy, snobbish, cliquish, confidential, insular, snobby, semiprivate, cloistered, sequestered, reclusive, clannish, individual, head-to-head, backstage, toffee-nosed, closepublicadjective
a body of people sharing some common interest
"the reading public"
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reclusive, one-on-one, single, close, snobbish, clubby, tete-a-tete, cloistered, insular, secret, private, confidential, clannish, head-to-head, secluded, individual, snobby, semiprivate, cliquish, backstage, toffee-nosed, offstage, closed-door, nonpublic, sequestered, privypublicadjective
not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole
"the public good"; "public libraries"; "public funds"; "public parks"; "a public scandal"; "public gardens"; "performers and members of royal families are public figures"
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nonpublic, secluded, privy, secret, confidential, cloistered, toffee-nosed, snobbish, backstage, individual, sequestered, snobby, cliquish, reclusive, closed-door, insular, single, semiprivate, close, clannish, tete-a-tete, head-to-head, clubby, offstage, private, one-on-onepublicadjective
affecting the people or community as a whole
"community leaders"; "community interests"; "the public welfare"
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semiprivate, head-to-head, snobby, closed-door, cliquish, confidential, secret, toffee-nosed, offstage, secluded, clubby, private, sequestered, nonpublic, backstage, clannish, one-on-one, insular, single, individual, cloistered, reclusive, privy, snobbish, tete-a-tete, close
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
publicadjective
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of the whole, not privatepublicadjective
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open, notorious, generally knownpublicadjective
publicnoun
Synonyms:
[preceded by The.] persons, men, society, the people, the community, the world
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "public":
audience, general, publique, civil, audiences, open, government, population, official, público, pública, state, publiques, publics, public-sector, year, report, publicly, governmental, citizens, públicas, pubic, plenary, state-owned, public-, society, pubblica, citizen, δημοσίου, popular, people, government-run
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#105 | people | |
#111 | state | |
#112 | year | |
#119 | world | |
#162 | public | |
#191 | general | |
#224 | report | |
#243 | national | |
#283 | open | |
#353 | government | |
#413 | man | |
#558 | social | |
#675 | popular | |
#711 | society | |
#736 | common | |
#770 | official | |
#910 | domain | |
#1297 | population | |
#1333 | earth | |
#1458 | normal | |
#1668 | civil | |
#2156 | universal | |
#2515 | reality | |
#2710 | creation | |
#3118 | citizens | |
#3131 | audience | |
#3484 | universe | |
#4152 | usual | |
#4263 | familiar | |
#4294 | citizen | |
#4375 | existence | |
#4394 | everyday | |
#4676 | globe | |
#4690 | ordinary | |
#5166 | humans | |
#5997 | frequent | |
#6501 | governmental | |
#7197 | publicly | |
#7812 | humanity | |
#10229 | audiences | |
#11665 | mankind | |
#13082 | notorious | |
#14040 | cosmos | |
#15887 | plenary | |
#17672 | prevalent | |
#18078 | customary | |
#27501 | pubic | |
#27935 | commonplace | |
#30114 | humankind | |
#30708 | populace | |
#30729 | habitual | |
#43243 | publica | |
#46424 | publique | |
#50370 | publics | |
#87305 | publico | |
#104902 | publiques | |
#114124 | pubblica | |
#144612 | macrocosm | |
#196403 | exoteric | |
#231892 | publicas |
How to use public in a sentence?
Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so contemptible as the public that buys their books.
This is important, but it has to be done in a way that reassures scientists and the public that these (vaccines) are not only efficacious, but safe.
I was blacklisted by Duke University, I was -- every former governor of North Carolina was invited to work in the Public Policy School of Duke University, the Terry Sanford Public Policy School -- former governor.
At some point they just can't ignore the fact that there are a lot of public documents on the server that the American people have a right to see, and we believe it's time for Mrs. Clinton to turn that server and all those documents over to the inspector general at the State Department. Let them sort out what's official, what's private. I have no interest in what her private emails were.
The hostility displayed by the Somerville Public School Committee is outrageous, the government cannot ban a religious school because they disagree with its religious beliefs. Doing so violates federal constitutional and statutory law.
Translations for public
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- علني, جمهور, عام, عموميArabic
- foranBreton
- públicCatalan, Valencian
- veřejnost, veřejnýCzech
- cyhoeddWelsh
- offentligDanish
- öffentlich, Publikum, ÖffentlichkeitGerman
- κοινο-, κοινό, κοινός, δημόσιοςGreek
- publikoEsperanto
- públicoSpanish
- عمومیPersian
- yleisö, julkinen, pörssi, julkisoikeudellinen, yleinenFinnish
- publicFrench
- daoine, poiblí, pobalIrish
- sluagh, poblachScottish Gaelic
- ציבורHebrew
- जनताHindi
- piblikHaitian Creole
- köz, közösségi, nagyközönség, nyilvános, nyilvánosságHungarian
- khalayak, umum, terbukaIndonesian
- opinberIcelandic
- pubblicoItalian
- 大衆Japanese
- 공중의Korean
- vulgus, publicumLatin
- mārakerake, tūmatanui, o te katoa, marea, marakeMāori
- staats-, openbaar, overheids-, publiekDutch
- allmenn, offentlig, allmenntNorwegian
- publicznyPolish
- público, estatalPortuguese
- общественность, народ, публичный, общественный, публикаRussian
- javni, publika, javnostSerbo-Croatian
- javnostSlovene
- allmän, offentlig, statlig, allmänhetSwedish
- ప్రజలు, వేలం, ప్రజా, బాహాటము, ప్రభుత్వ నిధిTelugu
- สาธารณะThai
- halka açıkTurkish
- công cộngVietnamese
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