public

public
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. popular, common, general; civic, political, national; notorious, known, published; communal, free. See publication, populace, humanity.Ant., private.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Open to the public]
Syn. free to all, without charge, unrestricted, not private, known; see also free 4 .
2. [Owned by the public]
Syn. governmental, government, civil, civic, common, communal, publicly owned, municipal, metropolitan, state, federal, country, city, township, deeded in perpetuity.
Ant. private*, personal, restricted.
n.
Syn. people, society, the community, populace, citizens, the nation; see also people 3 .
• in public,
Syn. candidly, plainly, above board; see openly 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
community, people, society, citizens, populace, masses, nation, *man/woman in the street, everyone.
II
a.
1. common community, communal, popular, mutual, general, universal, open, unrestricted, accessible.
2. known not private, open, plain as day, visible, overt, undisguised, disclosed, publicized.
ANT.: 1. private, restricted, exclusive. 2. private, confidential, secret
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) I adjective 1. Of, concerning, or affecting the community or the people: civic, civil, national. See SPECIFIC. 2. Belonging to, shared by, or applicable to all alike: common, communal, conjoint, general, joint, mutual. See GROUP. 3. Of, representing, or carried on by people at large: democratic, general, popular. See POLITICS, SPECIFIC. 4. Not restricted or confined to few: open, open-door, unrestricted. See OPEN. II noun 1. The common people: common (used in plural), commonality, commonalty, commoner (used in plural), crowd, hoi polloi, mass (used in plural), mob, pleb (used in plural), plebeian (used in plural), populace, ruck1, third estate. See OVER. 2. Persons as an organized body: community, people, society. See SPECIFIC. 3. The body of persons who admire a public personality, especially an entertainer: audience, following. See LIKE.

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