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Nouns (35)

n. a body of people sharing some common interest; "the reading public"

n. play in which children take the roles of father or mother or children and pretend to interact like adults; "the children were playing house"

house

n. a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house"

house

n. aristocratic family line; "the House of York"

house

n. an official assembly having legislative powers; "a bicameral legislature has two houses"

house

n. the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema; "the house applauded"; "he counted the house"

house

n. the audience gathered together in a theatre or cinema; "the house applauded"; "he counted the house"

house

n. a variety of lotto or bingo played with paper and pencil, esp. by soldiers as a gambling game

house

n. a variety of lotto or bingo

house

n. an area enclosed by a circle

world, public, populace

n. people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"

house, family, household, menage, ménage

n. a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"

house, commercial enterprise, firm, business firm, company

n. an institution created to conduct business; "he only invests in large well-established companies"; "he started the company in his garage"

house, mansion, sign, planetary house, sign of the zodiac

n. (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

house, habitation, dwelling, home, domicile, abode, dwelling house

n. housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"

Verbs (3)

house

v. contain or cover; "This box houses the gears"

house, put up

v. provide housing for; "The immigrants were housed in a new development outside the town"

Adverbs (0)

Adjectives (3)

public

adj. not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole; "the public good"; "public libraries"; "public funds"; "public parks"; "a public scandal"; "public gardens"; "performers and members of royal families are public figures"

public, community

adj. affecting the people or community as a whole; "community leaders"; "community interests"; "the public welfare"

Fuzzynyms (190)

order, club, lodge, society, community, fellowship, guild, gild

n. a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"

people

n. (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

mass, people, multitude, masses, hoi polloi

n. the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"

residence, abode

n. any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences"

manor, manor house

n. the mansion of a lord or wealthy person

room

n. an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"

camper, trailer, mobile home, house trailer, camping bus

n. a recreational vehicle equipped for camping out while traveling

address

n. the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with

house, mansion, sign, planetary house, sign of the zodiac

n. (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

blood, descent, line, stock, ancestry, lineage, origin, pedigree, bloodline, parentage, line of descent, blood line

n. the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

kin, kindred, clan, tribe, kin group, kinship group

n. group of people related by blood or marriage

council

n. a meeting of people for consultation; "emergency council"

house, family, household, menage, ménage

mass, people, multitude, masses, hoi polloi

n. the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"

labor, labour, proletariat, working class

n. a social class comprising those who do manual labor or work for wages; "there is a shortage of skilled labor in this field"

rabble, riffraff, ragtag, ragtag and bobtail

n. disparaging terms for the common people

commonality, commonalty, commons

n. class composed of persons lacking noble or knightly or gentle rank

society

n. an extended social group having a distinctive cultural and economic organization

order, club, lodge, society, community, fellowship, guild, gild

n. a formal association of people with similar interests; "he joined a golf club"; "they formed a small lunch society"; "men from the fraternal order will staff the soup kitchen today"

community

n. a group of people living in a particular local area; "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"

following, followers

n. a group of followers or enthusiasts

chamber

n. a deliberative or legislative or administrative or judicial assembly; "the upper chamber is the senate"

congress

n. a national legislative assembly

council

n. a meeting of people for consultation; "emergency council"

house

n. an official assembly having legislative powers; "a bicameral legislature has two houses"

kin, kindred, clan, tribe, kin group, kinship group

n. group of people related by blood or marriage

blood, descent, line, stock, ancestry, lineage, origin, pedigree, bloodline, parentage, line of descent, blood line

n. the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

hearth, fireside

n. home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"

folk, tribe

n. a social division of (usually preliterate) people

mass, people, multitude, masses, hoi polloi

n. the common people generally; "separate the warriors from the mass"; "power to the people"

people

n. (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively; "old people"; "there were at least 200 people in the audience"

race

n. people who are believed to belong to the same genetic stock; "some biologists doubt that there are important genetic differences between races of human beings"

brood

n. the young of an animal cared for at one time

return, take, yield, issue, bottom line, payoff, proceeds, takings

n. the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property; "the average return was about 5%"

place, home

n. where you live at a particular time; "deliver the package to my home"; "he doesn't have a home to go to"; "your place or mine?"

domestic, domestic help, house servant

n. a servant who is paid to perform menial tasks around the household

dealings, relations

n. mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups

posterity, descendants

n. all of the offspring of a given progenitor; "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"

family, family unit

n. primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"

kin, family, kinsperson

n. a person having kinship with another or others; "he's kin"; "he's family"

dynasty

n. a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family

refuge, sanctuary, asylum

n. a shelter from danger or hardship

environment, environs, surroundings, surround

n. the area in which something exists or lives; "the country--the flat agricultural surround"

institution

n. an establishment consisting of a building or complex of buildings where an organization for the promotion of some cause is situated

retreat, hideaway

n. an area where you can be alone

industry

n. the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "each industry has its own trade publications"

mill, factory, manufactory, manufacturing plant

n. a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing

establishment

n. a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence

plant, works, company

n. buildings for carrying on industrial labor; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles"

address

n. the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with

house

n. a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house"

room

n. an area within a building enclosed by walls and floor and ceiling; "the rooms were very small but they had a nice view"

address

n. the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with

residence, hall, mansion, manse, mansion house

n. a large and imposing house

bungalow, cottage

n. a small house with a single story

residence, abode

n. any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences"

habitation

n. the act of dwelling in or living permanently in a place (said of both animals and men); "he studied the creation and inhabitation and demise of the colony"

billet, quarter, canton

v. provide housing for (military personnel)

post, place, base, station, send

v. assign to a station

accessible, approachable

adj. capable of being read with comprehension; "readily accessible to the nonprofessional reader"; "the tales seem more approachable than his more difficult novels"

joint

adj. united or combined; "a joint session of Congress"; "joint owners"

shared

adj. have in common; held or experienced in common; "two shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent nuclei"; "a shared interest in philately"

general

adj. applying to all or most members of a category or group; "the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general reader"

rife, prevailing, prevalent

adj. encountered generally especially at the present time; "the prevailing opinion was that a trade war could be averted"; "the most prevalent religion in our area"; "speculation concerning the books author was rife"

widespread, generalized

adj. widely circulated or diffused; "a widespread doctrine"; "widespread fear of nuclear war"

Synonyms (9)

exoteric

adj. suitable for the general public; "writings of an exoteric nature"

open, overt

adj. open and observable; not secret or hidden; "an overt lie"; "overt hostility"; "overt intelligence gathering"; "open ballots"

group, community, communal

adj. for or by a group rather than individuals; "dipping each his bread into a communal dish of stew"- Paul Roche; "a communal settlement in which all earnings and food were shared"; "a group effort"

popular, demotic

adj. of or for the common people; "demotic entertainments"; "demotic speech"; "a poet with a keen ear for demotic rhythms"

socialized

adj. under group or government control; "socialized ownership"; "socialized medicine"

Antonyms (15)

private

adj. confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy; "a private place"; "private discussions"; "private lessons"; "a private club"; "a private secretary"; "private property"; "the former President is now a private citizen"; "public figures struggle to maintain a private life"

closet, privy, secret, inside, confidential

adj. entrusted with private information and the confidence of another; "a confidential secretary"

esoteric

adj. confined to and understandable by only an enlightened inner circle; "a compilation of esoteric philosophical theories"

personal, intimate

adj. concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality; "a personal favor"; "for your personal use"; "personal papers"; "I have something personal to tell you"; "a personal God"; "he has his personal bank account and she has hers"

individual, personal

personal

exclusive, restricted

adj. not for general or public use; "a private club"

individual

adj. being or characteristic of a single thing or person; "individual drops of rain"; "please mark the individual pages"; "they went their individual ways"

public house

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