community

Meanings

Plural: communities

Noun

• a group of people living in a particular local area
  • "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"
• common ownership
  • "they shared a community of possessions"
• a group of nations having common interests
  • "they hoped to join the NATO community"
• agreement as to goals
  • "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests"
• a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences
• (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other
• A group sharing common characteristics, such as the same language, law, religion, or tradition.
• A residential or religious collective; a commune.
• A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
• A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.
• The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
• Common enjoyment or possession; participation.
• Common character; likeness.
• Commonness; frequency.
• A local area within a county or county borough which is the lowest tier of local government, usually represented by a community council or town council, which is generally equivalent to a civil parish in England.

Synonyms

biotic community, community of interests, residential area, residential district

Antonyms

anticommunity, noncommunity

Related Words

common, commonalty, commonship, communal, commune, communication, communism, communist, communitive, communiversity