Communal

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Communal \Com"mu*nal\ (? or ?), a. [Cf. F. communal.]
     1. Pertaining to a commune.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. resembling a commune[4] or the practises of a commune[4];
        as, communal living.


  
     Syn: collectivist.
          [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  communal
       adj 1: for or by a group rather than individuals; "dipping each his
              bread into a communal dish of stew"- Paul Roche; "a
              communal settlement in which all earnings and food
              were shared"; "a group effort"
       2: relating to a small administrative district or community;
          "communal elections in several European countries"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  63 Moby Thesaurus words for "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