in common

Examples

• All

• The one thing that they all have in common is character.

  High Performance

• What all of these things have in common is that they cost money.

  TED-Ed

• The other thing that they had in common was this.

• The thing they all had in common though was this.

• The single thing every one of us has in common is being human.

  Evan Carmichael

• Is there something that we all have in common in other ways?

• But what they have in common is service.

  Evan Carmichael

• Now, what all these images have in common is one thing.

  Stanford

• Every person in this room has one thing in common.

  The Naughty Nine (2023)

• Because, friends, we have far more in common than that which divides us.

Synonyms

C

common

vsin common

∞ 1.0

Shared by two or more people

is the same idea but expressed as a short phrase rather than an adjective

J

joint

vsin common

571 3.5

Shared by two or more groups

refers to being held together without stressing active cooperation among parties

M

mutual

vsin common

404 2.8

Shared and felt equally by two or more people together

means held by more than one but does not require equal experience

C

collective

vsin common

240 3.9

Shared by all members of a group acting together

can apply to sharing among only some members rather than to every member

C

communal

vsin common

41 3.9

Shared by all people in a group, like a garden or food

is more general meaning held by people without implying group ownership

S

shared

vsin common

1 1.0

Used, held, or felt by more than one group of people

stresses that possession or use is together among the same people

Antonyms

E

exclusive

399 5.4

Only for one person, group, or purpose and not shared

S

separately

148 2.1

Each person does it alone rather than together

How Shared

communal

41 3.9

in common

450 1.0

private

∞ 1.8

exclusive

399 5.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology