Synonyms for community
kəˈmyu nɪ ticom·mu·ni·ty

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1. community

   We speak of an alliance of nations, a club of pleasure-seekers, a community of Shakers, a company of soldiers or of friends, a confederacy, confederation, federation, or union of separate states under one general government, a partnership or company of business men, a conjunction of planets. The whole body of Freemasons constitute a fraternity; one of their local organizations is called a lodge. A corporation or company is formed for purposes of business; an association or society (tho also incorporated) is for learning, literature, benevolence, religion, etc. Compare ASSOCIATE; ACQUAINTANCE; FRIENDSHIP.

   Synonyms:
   alliance, association, club, companionship, company, confederacy, confederation, conjunction, connection, corporation, familiarity, federation, fellowship, fraternity, friendship, lodge, participation, partnership, society, union

   Antonyms:
   disintegration, independence, isolation, separation, solitude

   Preposition:
   An association of scholars for the advancement of knowledge; association with the good is ennobling.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:4.2 / 5 votes

1. community

   Synonyms:
   aggregation, association, commonwealth, co-ordination, society, sympathy, order, class, brotherhood, fraternity, polity, unity, nationality, similarity, homogeneity

   Antonyms:
   segregation, secession, independence, dissociation, disconnection, rivalry, hostility, animosity, estrangement, dissimilarity, contrariance, heterogeneity

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. communitynoun

   a group of people living in a particular local area

   "the team is drawn from all parts of the community"

   Synonyms:
   community of interests, residential area, biotic community, residential district

2. communitynoun

   common ownership

   "they shared a community of possessions"

   Synonyms:
   community of interests, residential area, biotic community, residential district

3. communitynoun

   a group of nations having common interests

   "they hoped to join the NATO community"

   Synonyms:
   community of interests, residential area, biotic community, residential district

4. community, community of interestsnoun

   agreement as to goals

   "the preachers and the bootleggers found they had a community of interests"

   Synonyms:
   community of interests, residential area, biotic community, residential district

5. residential district, residential area, communitynoun

   a district where people live; occupied primarily by private residences

   Synonyms:
   community of interests, residential area, biotic community, residential district

6. community, biotic communitynoun

   (ecology) a group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other

   Synonyms:
   community of interests, residential area, biotic community, residential district

Matched Categories

1. • Agreement
   • District
   • Ecology
   • Gathering
   • Group
   • Ownership
   • World Organization

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1. harmony day

   everyone in the community is included including babies

   everyone is in a community together

   Submitted by rinat on August 26, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. communitynoun

   Synonyms:
   common or joint possession

2. communitynoun

   Synonyms:
   [With The prefixed.] commonwealth, people, public, society, body politic

3. communitynoun

   Synonyms:
   association, brotherhood, college

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1. List of paraphrases for "community":

   communities, community-based, society, communautaire, social, commonwealth, eu, communauté, communal, comunidad, communautaires, collectivité, communitybased, collectivity, gemeenschap, community-wide, ec, gemeinschaft, communitarian, comunitario, community-level, comunidade, union, environment, comunitaria, grass-roots

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1. Valerie Szybala:

   The regime’s big conundrum was that it was unable to carry out offensives on multiple fronts, the ceasefire allowed them to focus militarily on a few key areas. Their continued military actions have been tolerated by the international community because no-one wants to see the ceasefire dead.

2. State John Kerry:

   There's not any one country or one person who can resolve this. This is going to require the global community, it will require international support.

3. Dan Gurfinkel:

   This is basically an iterative process. It's not in response to a particular instance. It's more about ways we can engage the entire security community to help us have more hands on deck to tackle a specific issue.

4. Sam Smith:

   I read an article a few months ago by Sir Ian McKellen, and he said that no openly gay man had ever won an Oscar, and if this is the case -- even if this isn't the case -- I want to dedicate this to the LGBT community all around the world.

5. Mary Zimmer:

   This family has been adopted by someone in the community. And when I say adopted, I mean businesses, church groups, organizations have come together every night, rung their doorbell and brought a gift to this family. Every night, big gifts, loving gifts.