public

public is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 17 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. 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.
2. adjective. Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal.
3. adjective. Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house.
4. noun. 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.
5. noun. A public house; an inn.
6. noun. a body of people sharing some common interest

   "the reading public"

7. noun. people in general considered as a whole

   "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"

   Synonyms: populace, world

8. adjective. affecting the people or community as a whole

   "community leaders"

   "community interests"

9. adjective. not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole

   "the public good"

   "public libraries"

Synonyms

populace, world

Common word forms

publics, publicly, publicise, publicity, publicize, publicness

Words from these letters

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