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in common

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common adj.
alike adv.
jointly adv.

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

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in common

What do a County Armagh city and a Grammy Award-winning artist have in common?

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

One wouldn’t think these two disparate institutions would have much in common.

From Salon ● Aug. 13, 2026

Responding to criticism that the new district lumps together communities with little in common, Hickey argued that the United States itself is "a mix of different people," encompassing urban neighborhoods, affluent suburbs and rural communities.

From Barron's ● Aug. 5, 2026

“And there are some things that we have in common, and maybe some things you differ on, just like any issues, and I think it’s how you handle things.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026

Sounded like Mr. Griggs talked a lot more than his son and had a bad case of paranoia in common with his sister.

From "Hope Springs" by Jaime Berry

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