common 12 antonyms and opposites of common. Adjective — Happening often, or found in large numbers; not rare. Synonyms for common average basic bog-standard common as bums common as dirt common as muck common as pig tracks dime a dozen everyday frequent general habitual nonrare par for the course pedestrian quotidian plain regular routinary routine ten a penny usual two a penny workaday Antonyms for common abnormal atypical exceptional uncommon exotic endangered extraordinary rare strange unconventional unique unusual ← Back to the full definition of common