Definition for Public:

• The general body of a nation; the people indefinitely.

Synonyms for Public:

• adj.

  •community, general (adjective)
  • metropolitan,
  • free to all,
  • social,
  • universal,
  • government,
  • national,
  • without charge,
  • state,
  • unrestricted,
  • not private,
  • governmental,
  • city.
  •human (adjective)
  • human,
  • mortal,
  • familial.
  •known, acknowledged (adjective)
  • recognized,
  • published,
  • exposed,
  • patent,
  • plain,
  • in circulation,
  • general,
  • usual,
  • societal,
  • notorious,
  • prevalent.

• n.

  •
  • free,
  • known.
  •
  • collective,
  • group.
  •
  • bureaucratic.
  •clientele (noun)
  • clientage.
  •mankind (noun)
  • human beings,
  • humankind,
  • commonwealth,
  • man,
  • culture,
  • human race,
  • humanity,
  • species,
  • mankind,
  • Family.
  •people (noun)
  • commoner,
  • bourgeoisie,
  • countrywoman,
  • masses,
  • host,
  • populace,
  • mass,
  • countryman,
  • rabble,
  • bourgeois,
  • peasantry,
  • proletariat,
  • great unwashed,
  • horde,
  • throng,
  • mob,
  • crowd,
  • legion.
  •people of community; people interested in something (noun)
  • Bodies,
  • voters,
  • heads,
  • citizens,
  • followers,
  • Everyone,
  • buyers,
  • supporters,
  • patrons,
  • men and women,
  • suite,
  • electorate.
  •public (noun)
  • unexclusive,
  • semipublic,
  • state-supported,
  • world.

• v.

  •separate (verb)
  • individual.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • conjoint,
  • operate,
  • factional,
  • usable,
  • fishbowl,
  • available,
  • cosmopolitan,
  • commonality,
  • hoi polloi,
  • sectional,
  • certain,
  • going,
  • optional,
  • cliquey,
  • collectively,
  • forthcoming,
  • all-day,
  • collectible,
  • pleb,
  • seasonally,
  • encyclopedic,
  • multicultural,
  • obtainable,
  • commonalty,
  • tribal.
  •
  • abroad,
  • open door,
  • publicly,
  • freely,
  • democratic.
  •
  • out,
  • ruck.
  •
  • around.
  •
  • about.

Paraphrases for Public:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    populace.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Adjective
    publicly-owned, public-service, public-owned, public-authority, public-sector.
  • Proper noun, singular
    publicly, public-sector.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    public-sector.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    publics.

• Independent

  • Foreign word
    publique.
  • Adjective
    government-owned, state-run, societal, general, sovereign.
  • Proper noun, singular
    Perceptions, appropriations, institutions, expectations, establishments, Children, Fisheries, objectives, complaints, bulletins, expenses, accountants, thousands, issues, competencies, crowds, travellers, Guidelines, users, Measures, Drugs, Subsidies, documents, servants, skills, pensioners, challenges, organisms, Trustees, positions, mechanisms, Forests, Categories, men, Goals, powers, payments, shares, Refugees, situations, women, fans, Bodies, tools, POES, trends, games, general.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    teachers, data, citizenry, general.
  • Verb, past tense
    lay, received.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    surrounding, Providing.
  • Verb, 3rd person singular present
    includes, constitutes, empowers, appears, begins, releases, forces, serves, shows, Does, issues.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    government-run, publicized, civil, pubic, publique.
  • Proper noun, singular
    concerns, questions, civil, pubic, publique.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    pubic, publique.
  • Verb, past tense
    civil, publique.

Antonyms for Public:

• adj.

  • all
    private.
  • community, general
    particular, local, unknown, specific, private, unshared.
  • known, acknowledged
    definite, abnormal, extraordinary, unclear, ambiguous, uncommon, vague, hidden.
  • Other antonyms:
    global, undisclosed, reserved, alien, one-man, solitary, uncommon, exceptional, repressed, suppressed, several, special, one-way, unannounced, stifled, limited, one-sided, especial, strange, unknown, collusive, distinctive, unilateral, silenced, independent, closed, restricted, withheld, specialized, foreign, off-limits, concealed, unavailable, unusual, retracted, external, unpopular, international, classified, infrequent, inaccessible, separate, conspiratorial, idiosyncratic.

Hyponym for Public:

• n.

  • group
    body.