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public
noun
1 public
People in general considered as a whole:
— He is a hero in the eyes of the public.
synonyms: populace, world.
Roget 372:
man,
mankind;
human race,
human species,
human kind,
human nature;
humanity,
mortality,
flesh,
generation.
[Science of man]
anthropology,
anthropogeny†,
anthropography†,
anthroposophy†;
ethnology,
ethnography;
humanitarian.
human being;
person,
personage;
individual,
creature,
fellow creature,
mortal,
body,
somebody;
one;
such a one,
some one;
soul,
living soul;
earthling;
party,
head,
hand;
dramatis personae [Lat.];
quidam [Lat.].
people,
persons,
folk,
public,
society,
world;
community,
community at large;
general public;
nation,
nationality;
state,
realm;
commonweal,
commonwealth;
republic,
body politic;
million
etc.
(commonalty)
876;
population
etc.
(inhabitant)
188.
tribe,
clan
(paternity)
166;
family
(consanguinity)
11.
cosmopolite;
lords of the creation;
ourselves.
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Dutch: gepeupel, buitenwacht, buitenwereld
2 public
A body of people sharing some common interest.
Dutch: publiek, openbaarheid
adjective
1 public
Not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole.
Roget 372:
human,
mortal,
personal,
individual,
national,
civic,
public,
social;
cosmopolitan;
anthropoid.
Roget 529:
disclosed
etc.
v.;
open,
public
etc.
525.
Roget 531:
published
etc.
v.;
current
etc.
(news)
532;
in circulation,
public;
notorious;
flagrant,
arrant;
open
etc.
525;
trumpet-tongued;
encyclical,
encyclic†,
promulgatory†;
exoteric.
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Roget 737a:
regal,
sovereign,
governing;
royal,
royalist;
monarchical,
kingly;
imperial,
imperiatorial†;
princely;
feudal;
aristocratic,
autocratic;
oligarchic
etc.
n.;
republican,
dynastic.
ruling
etc.
v.;
regnant,
gubernatorial;
imperious;
authoritative,
executive,
administrative,
clothed with authority,
official,
departmental,
ex officio,
imperative,
peremptory,
overruling,
absolute;
hegemonic,
hegemonical†;
authorized
etc.
(due)
924.
[pertaining to property owned by government]
government,
public;
national,
federal;
his majesty's [Brit.],
her majesty's;
state,
county,
city,
etc.
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Polish: publiczny
2 public
Affecting the people or community as a whole.
Moby thesaurus: Babbittish, Everyman, John Doe, Philistine, Public, accessible, acknowledged, adherent, admitted, affirmed, alehouse, announced, apparent, appendage, associated, attendant, audience, available, bar, barrel house, barroom, beer garden, beer parlor, bistro, blatant, blind tiger, boardinghouse, body politic, bourgeois, bourgeoisie, broadcast, brought to notice, buff, business, buyers, cabaret, cafe, campy, carriage trade, catholic, cavaliere servente, celebrated, circulated, citizenry, citizens, civic, civil, clear, clear-cut, clientage, clientele, cocktail lounge, collective, collectivistic, common, common knowledge, common man, common property, commonalty, commonly known, commonplace, commonwealth, communal, communistic, community, community at large, commutual, conjoint, conjunct, conspicuous, constituency, consumers, cooperative, cortical, cosmopolitan, courtier, cultural community, current, custom, dangler, declared, demos, dependent, diffused, disciple, disreputable, disseminated, distributed, dive, dorm, dormitory, doss house, dramshop, drinking saloon, dwellers, eminent, epidermic, estate, everybody, everyman, everyone, everywoman, exomorphic, exposed, exterior, external, extrinsic, familiar, famous, fan, flagrant, fleabag, flophouse, flunky, folk, folks, follower, followers, following, free, fringe, general, general public, gentry, gin mill, government, governmental, groggery, grogshop, guest house, habitancy, hackneyed, hanger-on, henchman, high-camp, hoi polloi, homely, homespun, homme de cour, honky-tonk, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, household, illustrious, in circulation, in common, in print, in public, in the open, infamous, influential, inhabitants, inn, international, joint, kitschy, known, linguistic community, local, lodging house, low-camp, made public, make public, manifest, market, masses, men, middle class, multitude, municipal, mutual, nation, national, nationality, nightclub, notable, noted, notorious, obvious, open, openly, ordinary, out, outer, outermost, outlying, outmost, outside, outstanding, outward, outward-facing, overt, parasite, partisan, patent, patronage, pension, people, people at large, people in general, peripheral, persons, plain, platitudinous, plebeian, plebeians, polity, pop, populace, popular, population, portion, posada, pothouse, proclaimed, projected, proletariat, prominent, propagated, proverbial, pub, public house, publicly, publish, published, purchasing public, pursuer, pursuivant, rank and file, rathskeller, reciprocal, renowned, reported, roadhouse, rooming house, roundabout, rumshop, rural market, saloon, saloon bar, satellite, sectary, sector, seeming, segment, shadow, shared, social, socialistic, societal, society, speakeasy, special-interest group, speech community, spread, state, stated, stooge, suburban market, successor, suite, superficial, supporter, supranational, surface, tagtail, tail, talked-about, talked-of, taproom, tavern, telecast, televised, the citizenry, the general public, the people, the populace, the population, the public, third estate, trade, trainbearer, trite, truistic, unconcealed, universal, universally admitted, universally recognized, unrestricted, unshrouded, urban, vernacular, viewable, visible, votary, ward heeler, well-kenned, well-known, well-recognized, well-understood, whole people, widely known, widespread, wine shop, world, worldwide, you and me, youth market ... show more.
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