Definitions

in common

ADJECTIVE

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 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

ADVERB

alike

Synonyms

STRONGEST

likewise

WEAK

analogously comparably comparatively consonantly correspondingly equally equivalently evenly identically in accordance with in the same degree in the same manner similarly the same way uniformly

Antonyms

WEAK

differently dissimilarly unequally unevenly

ADVERB

jointly

Synonyms

STRONGEST

accordingly collectively cooperatively in tandem mutually simultaneously together unitedly

STRONG

conjointly

WEAK

agreeably alike arm in arm coincidentally combined companionably concomitantly concurrently connectedly en masse hand in glove hand in hand harmoniously in a group in company with in concert in conjunction in league in partnership in unison inextricably inseparably intimately reciprocally side by side similarly synchronically with one another

Antonyms

WEAK

singly

Example Sentences

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For writer James Graham, football and drama have more in common than you might think.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

The states that improved reading scores — Louisiana, Maryland, Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana — had one thing in common: They ordered schools to teach with a phonics-based approach known as the “science of reading.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

It will require convincing urban and rural Americans alike that they have more in common than what divides them.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

They have some things in common: Both were in their 30s when they began their jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

I felt like we had a lot in common.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows

in common

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