communal

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: com=mu=nal

CIDE DICTIONARY

communal, a. [Cf. F. communal.].

•  Pertaining to a commune.  [1913 Webster]
•  resembling a commune{4} or the practises of a commune{4}; as, communal living.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

communal, adj.
1 relating to or benefiting a community; for common use (communal baths).
2 of a commune, esp. the Paris Commune.

Derivative

communality n. communally adv.

Etymology

F f. LL communalis (as COMMUNE(1))

THESAURUS

communal

associated, associational, civic, civil, coacting, coactive, coadjutant, coadjuvant, coalitional, coefficient, collaborative, collective, collectivist, collectivistic, collusive, combined, commensal, common, communalist, communalistic, communist, communistic, communitarian, commutual, concerted, concordant, concurrent, concurring, conjoint, conniving, cooperant, cooperating, cooperative, cosmopolitan, ecumenic, fellow, general, harmonious, harmonized, in common, international, joint, mutual, national, noncompetitive, organizational, popular, public, reciprocal, respective, sociable, social, socialistic, societal, society, state, supranational, symbiotic, synergetic, synergic, synergistic, two-way, uncompetitive