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Community

/k(ə)ˈmjunəti/

A group sharing a common understanding, and often the same language, law, manners, and/or tradition.

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📖 Definitions of "Community"

noun

1
A group sharing a common understanding, and often the same language, law, manners, and/or tradition.
2
A residential or religious collective; a commune.
3
A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
4
A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.

🔄 Synonyms of "Community"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
localnoun	From or in a nearby location.
professionnoun	A professional occupation.
publicnoun	Able to be known or seen by everyone; happening without concealment; open to general view.
residential districtnoun	a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
residential area	A residential area is a land used in which housing predominates, as opposed to industrial and commercial areas.
community of interestsnoun	agreement as to goals

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Community"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
commonnoun	Occurring or happening regularly or frequently; usual.
localnoun	From or in a nearby location.
professionnoun	A professional occupation.
publicnoun	(countable, uncountable) Chiefly preceded by the: members of the community or the people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.
community of interestsnoun	agreement as to goals
residential area	A residential area is a land used in which housing predominates, as opposed to industrial and commercial areas.
residential districtnoun	a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
societynoun	(countable) A long-standing group of people sharing cultural aspects such as language, dress, norms of behavior and artistic forms.
communalitynoun	The condition of being communal.
nationnoun	(collective) A historically constituted, stable community of people, formed based on a common language, territory, economic life, ethnicity and/or psychological make-up manifested in a common culture.
communal	Shared by a community; public.
gemeinschaftnoun	(sociology) A society or group characterized by a strong sense of common identity, personal relationships, and attachments to various concerns.
commonwealthnoun	The entirety of a (secular) society, a polity, a state.
communitariannoun	An adherent of communitarianism
peoplenoun	(countable, collective) Persons forming or belonging to a particular group, such as a nation, class, ethnic group, country, family, etc.
communenoun	A small community, often rural, whose members share in the ownership of property, and in the division of labour; the members of such a community.
grassroots	Of, or relating to people or society at the local level, particularly in politics, social movements, etc.; of the grass roots.
societal	Of or pertaining to society or social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
collectivitynoun	(countable) A body of people considered as a whole.
factionnoun	(countable) A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.