public
English Thesaurus
1. a body of people sharing some common interest (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | body, |
| definition | : | a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity (noun.group) |
2. people in general considered as a whole (noun.group)
| hypernym | : | people, |
| definition | : | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | admass, |
| definition | : | the segment of the public that is easily influenced by mass media (chiefly British) (noun.group) |
| member holonym | : | audience, |
| definition | : | the part of the general public interested in a source of information or entertainment (noun.group) |
3. affecting the people or community as a whole (adj.all)
| similar | : | common, |
| definition | : | belonging to or participated in by a community as a whole; public (adj.all) |
4. not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole (adj.all)
| similar | : | national, |
| definition | : | owned or maintained for the public by the national government (adj.all) |
| similar | : | open, |
| definition | : | open to or in view of all (adj.all) |
| similar | : | semipublic, |
| definition | : | having some of the features of public institution (adj.all) |
| similar | : | state-supported, |
| definition | : | supported and operated by the government of a state (adj.all) |
| also | : | exoteric, |
| definition | : | suitable for the general public (adj.all) |
| also | : | open, overt, |
| definition | : | open and observable; not secret or hidden (adj.all) |
| antonym | : | private, |
| definition | : | confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | publicity, |
| definition | : | the quality of being open to public view (noun.attribute) |
| antonym | : | private, |
| definition | : | confined to particular persons or groups or providing privacy (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | publicity, |
| definition | : | the quality of being open to public view (noun.attribute) |
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