Common and High

Common

Common adjective - Belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank.
Usage example: a man of wealth and privilege who mingled without pretense with the common folk

High is an antonym for common in topics: low, average, held in common.

High

High adjective - Extending to a great distance upward.

Common is an antonym for high in topics: important, extreme.

Nearby Word: highly

How words are described

original original common original high
single single common single high
real real common real high
big big common big high
Other adjectives: bad, ultimate, major, amazing, next, different.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Atlas Shrugged Looters (both high and common) tear up the prototype for spare parts, and leave the plans and theoretical research notebooks to rot.
  • With Axorian (Common or High), apostrophes indicate a non-standard syllabic break a la transliterating Japanese to English.
  • Zykov's Way Home: both examples (reptarkhs, reprokhorses, light elves, dark elves, high and common dragons) and counterexamples (humans, dwarves, goblins).
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