public
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public |
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Babbittish, Everyman, John Doe, Philistine, Public, accessible, acknowledged, adherent, admitted, affirmed, alehouse, announced, apparent, appendage, associated, attendant, audience, available, bar, barrel house, barroom, beer garden, beer parlor, bistro, blatant, blind tiger, boardinghouse,
body politic, bourgeois, bourgeoisie, broadcast, brought to notice, buff, business, buyers, cabaret, cafe, campy, carriage trade, catholic, cavaliere servente, celebrated, circulated, citizenry, citizens, civic, civil, clear-cut, clear, clientage, clientele, cocktail lounge, collective, collectivistic, common, common knowledge,
common man, common property, commonalty, commonly known, commonplace, commonwealth,
communal, communistic, community, community at large, commutual, conjoint, conjunct, conspicuous, constituency, consumers, cooperative, cortical, cosmopolitan, courtier, cultural community, current, custom, dangler, declared, demos, dependent, diffused, disciple, disreputable, disseminated, distributed, dive, dorm, dormitory,
doss house, dramshop, drinking saloon, dwellers, eminent, epidermic, estate, everybody, everyman, everyone, everywoman, exomorphic, exposed, exterior, external, extrinsic, familiar, famous, fan, flagrant, fleabag, flophouse, flunky, folk, folks, follower,
followers, following, free,
fringe, general, general public, gentry, gin mill, government, governmental, groggery,
grogshop, guest house, habitancy,
hackneyed, hanger-on, henchman, high-camp, hoi polloi, homely, homespun, homme de cour, honky-tonk, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, household, illustrious, in circulation, in common, in print, in public, in the open, infamous,
influential, inhabitants, inn,
international, joint, kitschy,
known, linguistic community, local, lodging house, low-camp, made public, make public,
manifest, market, masses, men, middle class, multitude, municipal, mutual, nation, national, nationality, nightclub, notable,
noted, notorious, obvious, open, openly, ordinary, out, outer, outermost, outlying, outmost, outside, outstanding, outward-facing, outward, overt, parasite, partisan, patent,
patronage, pension, people, people at large, people in general, peripheral, persons, plain, platitudinous, plebeian, plebeians, polity, pop, populace, popular, population, portion, posada, pothouse, proclaimed, projected, proletariat, prominent, propagated, proverbial, pub, public house, publicly, publish, published, purchasing public, pursuer, pursuivant, rank and file, rathskeller, reciprocal, renowned,
reported, roadhouse, rooming house, roundabout, rumshop, rural
market, saloon, saloon bar, satellite, sectary, sector, seeming, segment, shadow,
shared, social, socialistic,
societal, society, speakeasy,
special-interest group, speech community, spread, state, stated, stooge,
suburban market, successor, suite,
superficial, supporter, supranational, surface, tagtail, tail, talked-about, talked-of, taproom,
tavern, telecast, televised,
the citizenry, the general public, the people, the
populace, the population, the public, third estate,
trade, trainbearer, trite,
truistic, unconcealed, universal,
universally admitted, universally recognized, unrestricted,
unshrouded, urban, vernacular, viewable, visible, votary, ward heeler, well-kenned, well-known,
well-recognized, well-understood, whole people, widely known, widespread, wine shop, world, worldwide, you and me, youth market
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general public |
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Everyman, John Doe, Public, body politic, citizenry, common man, commonwealth, community, community at large, constituency, cultural community, demos, dwellers, estate,
everybody, everyman, everyone, everywoman, folk, folks, gentry, habitancy, hoi polloi, inhabitants, linguistic community, men, nation, nationality, people, people at large, people in general, persons, polity, populace, population, public, society, speech community, state, the
citizenry, the general public, the people, the populace, the population, the public, whole people, world,
you and me
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public assistance |
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ADC, Medicaid, Medicare, aid, alimony, allotment, allowance, annuity,
assistance, bounty, cradle-to-grave
security, depletion allowance, dole, fellowship, financial assistance, grant-in-aid, grant, guaranteed annual income, guaranteed income, health insurance, help, old-age assistance, old-age insurance, pecuniary aid, pension, price support, public welfare, relief, retirement
benefits, scholarship, sickness insurance, social insurance,
social security, social welfare, socialized medicine, state medicine, stipend, subsidization, subsidy, subvention, support, tax benefit, unemployment compensation, unemployment
insurance, welfare, welfare aid, welfare capitalism,
welfare payments, welfare state, welfare statism,
welfarism, womb-to-tomb security
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public enemy |
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Judas, adversary, antagonist, archenemy, bad person, betrayer, bitter enemy, convict, criminal, crook, deceiver, delinquent, desperado, desperate criminal, devil, double-dealer, enemy, evildoer, felon, foe, foeman, fugitive, gallows bird,
gangster, gaolbird, jailbird,
lawbreaker, malefactor, malevolent, malfeasant, malfeasor, misfeasor, mobster, open enemy, outlaw, quisling, racketeer, scofflaw, sinner, swindler, sworn enemy, thief, thug, traitor, transgressor, two-timer, villain, worker of ill, wrongdoer
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public house |
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alehouse, bar, barrel house,
barroom, beer garden, beer parlor,
bistro, blind tiger, boardinghouse,
cabaret, cafe, cocktail lounge, dive, dorm, dormitory, doss house, dramshop, drinkery,
drinking saloon, fleabag, flophouse,
gin mill, groggery, grogshop,
guest house, honky-tonk, hospice, hostel, hostelry, hotel, inn, local, lodge, lodging house, nightclub, ordinary, pension, posada, pothouse, pub, public, rathskeller, roadhouse, rooming house,
rummery, rumshop, saloon, saloon bar, speakeasy, taproom, tavern, wine shop
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public image |
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affectation, affectedness, airs, airs and graces, apparent character, appearances,
artificiality, display, exteriors, external appearance, externals, facade, false front, false show, feigned belief,
front, gaudiness, hypocrisy, image, insincerity, mannerism, mere externals, mere show, meretriciousness, ostent, outward appearance, outward show, pretense, pretension, prunes and prisms,
put-on, putting on airs, sham, show, speciousness, stylishness, superficiality, surface appearance, surface show, unnaturalness, vain show
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public knowledge |
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PR, ballyhoo, blurb,
bright light, celebrity, common
knowledge, cry, currency, daylight, eclat, exposure, fame, famousness, glare, hoopla, hue and cry, limelight, maximum dissemination, notoriety, plug, press notice, public eye, public relations,
public report, publicity, publicity story, publicness, puff, reclame, report, spotlight, write-up
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public opinion |
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assumption, attitude, backscratching, climate of opinion, common belief, community sentiment, conceit, concept, conception, conclusion, consensus gentium, consideration, estimate, estimation,
ethos, eye, feeling, general belief, idea, impression, influence peddling, judgment, lights, lobbying, lobbyism, logrolling, mind, mystique, notion, observation, opinion,
personal judgment, point of view, political influence,
popular belief, position, posture,
presumption, prevailing belief, public belief, reaction, sentiment, sight,
social pressure, special-interest pressure, stance, theory, thinking, thought,
view, way of thinking, wire-pulling
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public relations |
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PR, ballyhoo, blurb,
bright light, celebrity, common
knowledge, cry, currency, daylight, eclat, exposure, fame, famousness, glare, hoopla, hue and cry, limelight, maximum dissemination, notoriety, plug, press notice, public eye, public knowledge,
public report, publicity, publicity story, publicness, puff, reclame, report, spotlight, write-up
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public school |
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Gymnasium, Latin school, Realgymnasium,
Realschule, academy, alternate,
alternative school, blab school, boarding school, central school, consolidated school, continuation school, correspondence school,
country day school, dame school, day school, evening school, extension, finishing school, free school,
grammar school, high, high school, informal school, intermediate school, junior high,
junior high school, middle school, night school, nongraded school, open classroom school, pensionat, platoon school, prep school, preparatory
school, private school, progressive school, school without walls, secondary school, seminary, senior high, senior high school, special school, storefront school, street academy, summer school, union school, vacation school
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public servant |
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bureaucrat, civil servant, functionary,
functionnaire, holdover, incumbent,
ins, jack-in-office, lame duck,
mandarin, new broom, office-bearer, officeholder, officer, official, officiary, petty tyrant, placeman, president-elect, public official, red-tapist
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public speaker |
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Cicero, Demosthenes, William Jennings Bryan, Winston Churchill, debater, declaimer, demagogue, haranguer, jawsmith, orator, panelist, platform orator, rabble-rouser,
ranter, rhetor, rhetorician,
soapbox orator, soapboxer, speaker, speecher, speechifier, speechmaker, spellbinder, spieler, spokesman,
spokeswoman, spouter, stump orator, talker, tub-thumper
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public trough |
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Fort Knox, bank, blackmail, boodle, booty, bursary, campaign contribution, campaign fund, cash register, cashbox, chest, coffer,
coin box, depository, exchequer,
fisc, gold depository, graft, haul, hot goods, locker, loot, money chest, nepotism, penny
bank, perks, perquisite, pickings, piggy bank, plunder, pork barrel, prize, public crib, public till, public tit, public treasury, repository, safe-deposit box, safe, slush
fund, spoil, spoils, spoils
of office, spoils system, squeeze, stealings, stolen goods, storehouse, strong room, strongbox, subtreasury, swag, take, till, treasure-house, treasury, vault
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public utility |
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Aktiengesellschaft, aktiebolag, body corporate, business, business establishment, cartel, chamber of commerce, combine, commercial enterprise, compagnie, company, concern, conglomerate, conglomerate corporation, consolidating company, consortium, copartnership, corporate body, corporation, diversified corporation, enterprise, firm, holding company, house, industry, joint-stock association, joint-stock company, operating company, partnership, plunderbund, pool, stock company, syndicate, trade association, trust, utility
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public-address system |
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Gramophone, PA, PA system, Victrola, audio sound system, audiophile, binaural system, bitch box, bullhorn,
cartridge, ceramic pickup, changer, crystal pickup, derived four-channel system, discrete four-channel system, four-channel stereo system, hi-fi, hi-fi fan, high-fidelity,
intercom, intercommunication system, jukebox, magnetic pickup, monaural system, mono, needle, nickelodeon, phonograph, photoelectric pickup, pickup,
quadraphonic sound system, radio-phonograph combination, record changer,
record player, sound reproduction system, sound truck, squawk box, stereo, stylus, system, tape deck, tape recorder, tone arm, transcription turntable, turntable
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Main entries similar to: public
accessible, adherent, affirmed, alehouse, apparent, appendage, associated, attendant, audience, average, average man, bar, barroom, beer garden, bistro, boardinghouse, body politic, bourgeois, broadcast, buff, cabaret, cafe, carriage trade, citizenry, civic, civil, clear, cocktail lounge, collective, common, common knowledge, common man, commonplace, commonwealth, commotion, communal, communist, communistic, community, conjoint, constituency, cooperative, cosmopolitan, courtier, current, custom, declared, dependent, disciple, disseminated, distributed, dive, dorm, dormitory, estate, everybody, Everyman, everyone, exterior, external, extrinsic, familiar, fan, fleabag, flophouse, flunky, folk, follower,
following, fringe, general, general public, generality,
gentry, gin mill, grogshop, guest house, hackneyed, hanger-on, henchman, homely, homespun, honky-tonk, hospice, hostel, hotel,
household, inhabitant, inn, international, John Doe, joint, local, man in the street, market, men, mutual, nation, national, nationality, nightclub, notorious, obvious, open, ordinary, out, outer, outermost, outlying,
outmost, outside, outstanding, outward, overt, parasite, partisan, patronage, pension, people, peripheral, persons, philanthropic, Philistine, platitudinous,
plebeian, political, polity, pop, populace, popular, population, proverbial, pub, public, public house, published, pursuer, rabble, rathskeller, reciprocal, reported, roadhouse, rooming house, roundabout,
ruck, run, saloon, satellite, sectary, seeming, shadow, social, socialistic, society, speakeasy, spread, state, stated, stooge, successor, superficial, supporter, surface, tail, talked about, taproom, tavern, telecast, trade, trite, unrestricted, vernacular, votary, ward heeler, well-known, wine shop, world
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