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The Meaning of public
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(a.) Of or pertaining to the people; belonging to the people; relating to, or affecting, a nation, state, or community; -- opposed to private; as, the public treasury.
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(a.) Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal.
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(a.) Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house.
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(n.) The general body of mankind, or of a nation, state, or community; the people, indefinitely; as, the American public; also, a particular body or aggregation of people; as, an author's public.
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(n.) A public house; an inn.
Synonyms
reality
,
world
,
humankind
,
human race
,
earthly concern
,
man
,
cosmos
,
globe
,
creation
,
macrocosm
,
universe
,
worldly concern
,
populace
,
humanity
,
human beings
,
mankind
,
existence
,
humans
,
earth
,
domain
,
general
,
common
,
familiar
,
ordinary
,
universal
,
commonplace
,
frequent
,
popular
,
usual
,
customary
,
habitual
,
prevalent
,
everyday
,
normal
,
in the public eye(predicate)
,
national
,
open
,
semipublic
,
state-supported
,
unexclusive
,
unrestricted
,
exoteric
,
overt
Antonyms
offstage
,
closed-door
,
secluded
,
private
,
rare
,
singular
,
uncommon
,
unknown
,
unusual
,
head-to-head
,
backstage
,
toffee-nosed
,
close
,
exceptional
,
infrequent
,
semiprivate
,
cloistered
,
sequestered
,
reclusive
,
clannish
,
individual
,
privy
,
snobbish
,
cliquish
,
confidential
,
insular
,
snobby
,
one-on-one
,
tete-a-tete
,
clubby
,
secret
,
nonpublic
,
single
Rhymes
interpublic
,
niblick
,
nonpublic
,
republic