commonest

ADJECTIVE

average, ordinary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accepted commonplace everyday familiar frequent natural prevailing prevalent routine simple trivial typical universal

STRONG

bourgeois characteristic current daily general humdrum plain probable regular standard stock

WEAK

banal casual colloquial comformable conventional customary habitual hackneyed homely informal mediocre monotonous passable prosaic run-of-the-mill stale stereotyped trite undistinguished unvaried usual wearisome workaday worn-out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abnormal different exceptional infrequent irregular peculiar rare uncommon unconventional unfamiliar unorthodox unusual

STRONG

extraordinary original

WEAK

aristocratic cultured excellent high noble noteworthy refined scarce sophisticated superior valuable

ADJECTIVE

generally known; held in common

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accepted popular prevailing prevalent shared universal

STRONG

collective community constant correspondent general generic joint like public reciprocal social

WEAK

coincident communal communistic commutual congruous conjoint conjunct corporate customary in common intermutual mutual socialistic united usual well-known widespread

Antonyms

STRONGEST

uncommon

STRONG

individual particular private separate singular specific

WEAK

abnormal aristocratic cultured excellent extraordinary high infrequent noble noteworthy rare refined scarce sophisticated superior unusual valuable

ADJECTIVE

low, coarse

Synonyms

STRONG

hack inferior mean middling nondescript pedestrian philistine plebeian poor shoddy

WEAK

baseborn characterless cheap colorless crass declassé déclassé hackneyed impure low-grade passable prosy raffish second-class second-rate sleazy stale trite undistinguished vulgar

Antonyms

STRONG

different exceptional extraordinary nice noble rich superior wealthy

WEAK

abnormal aristocratic cultured excellent high infrequent noteworthy rare refined scarce sophisticated uncommon unusual valuable

Example Sentences

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"Melanoma, the most dangerous skin cancer, is now the fifth commonest cancer in the UK."

From BBC • May 26, 2026

So-called hyperemesis gravidarum is the commonest cause of admission to hospital of women in the first three months of pregnancy.

From Science Daily • Dec. 13, 2023

Rampant, unchecked militarism, as historian Arnold Toynbee noted, "has been by far the commonest cause of the breakdown of civilizations."

From Salon • Aug. 31, 2022

Rather, Button selected their products for BuyMeOnce because of the inventive ways Davek responds to the commonest problem: losing that umbrella.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2018

Many of the commonest usage errors are the result of writers thinking logically when they should be mindlessly conforming to convention.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker