Common knowledge
Common knowledge noun - Anything generally known to everyone.
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Synonyms for Common knowledge
Recent and common knowledge are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recent" instead an adjective phrase "Common knowledge".
Recent
Recent adjective - Of the immediate past or just previous to the present time.
Common knowledge and recent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Common knowledge" instead an adjective "Recent".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- fresh and common knowledge
- fresh and recent
- contemporary and common knowledge
- contemporary and recent
- present and common knowledge
- present and recent
- instant and common knowledge
- instant and recent
- current and common knowledge
- current and recent
- novel and common knowledge
- novel and recent
- fashionable and common knowledge
- fashionable and recent
Both terms in one sentence
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The only thing that's "recent" is that the technique became more or less common knowledge.
Source: Periphery Demographic -
Of course, it's become a bit harder to use the NSA as a generic "super top secret black ops" force in recent years given that it's now common knowledge what they actually do.
Source: Useful Notes / NSA
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Recent and Common knowledge. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/common_knowledge/recent
Common knowledge & Recent. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/common_knowledge/recent>.
Recent or Common knowledge. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/common_knowledge/recent.
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