Synonyms for commons
com·mons

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1. park, commons, common, greennoun

   a piece of open land for recreational use in an urban area

   "they went for a walk in the park"

   Synonyms:
   parkland, park, third estate, putting surface, ballpark, putting green, leafy vegetable, commonality, car park, jet, common, greenness, greens, green, commonalty, special K, parking area, super acid, common land, parking lot, super C, honey oil, cat valium, viridity

2. commons, common landnoun

   a pasture subject to common use

   Synonyms:
   third estate, green, park, common land, commonality, commonalty, common

3. commonalty, commonality, commonsnoun

   a class composed of persons lacking clerical or noble rank

   Synonyms:
   third estate, green, park, common land, commonality, commonalty, commonness, common

4. third estate, Commonsnoun

   the common people

   Synonyms:
   commonalty, commonality, common, common land, third estate, green, park

Matched Categories

1. • Class
   • Estate Of The Realm
   • Pasture
   • Tract
   • Urban Area

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1. commonsnoun

   Synonyms:
   lower house of parliament, house of Commons

2. commonsnoun

   Synonyms:
   provisions, food, fare

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1. List of paraphrases for "commons":

   common, communes, joint, municipalities, shared

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How to use commons in a sentence?

1. Edmund Burke:

   The distinguishing part of our Constitution is its liberty. To preserve that liberty inviolate seems the particular duty and proper trust of a member of the House of Commons. But the liberty, the only liberty, I mean is a liberty connected with order: that not only exists along with order and virtue, but which cannot exist at all without them. It inheres in good and steady government, as in its substance and vital principle.

2. Admiral Michael Rogers:

   Can we create a 'global commons', so to speak, that enables open, reliable, safe and resilient communications, a flow of information and ideas?

3. Kyle Raines:

   While most interactions between Iranian forces and the U.S. Navy are professional, safe, and routine, this event was not and runs contrary to efforts to ensure freedom of navigation and maritime safety in the global commons.

4. Richard Ottaway:

   The Chinese government's decision to prevent the foreign affairs committee entering Hong Kong is an insult to the House of Commons and the UK as a whole, the British government should react more strongly to this unprecedented and overtly confrontational act, including by summoning the Chinese Ambassador to the FCO (Foreign Office).

5. William Blake:

   I am really sorry to see my countrymen trouble themselves about politics. If men were wise, the most arbitrary princes could not hurt them. If they are not wise, the freest government is compelled to be a tyranny. Princes appear to me to be fools. Houses of Commons and Houses of Lords appear to me to be fools; they seem to me to be something else besides human life.