Public

Adjective

 * 1) Pertaining to the affairs or official affairs of all people, not just those of a private group; contrasted with private.
 * 2) Open to all.
 * 3) Funded by the government.
 * 4)  Traded publicly via a stock market.

Antonyms

 * private

Derived terms

 * go public
 * in public
 * initial public offering
 * public address system
 * public domain
 * public figure
 * public good
 * public health
 * Public Health System
 * public holiday
 * public house
 * public interest


 * public intoxication
 * public key
 * public law
 * public leaning post
 * public library
 * Public Limited Liability Company
 * public office
 * public policy
 * public property
 * public school
 * public servant
 * public service
 * public speaking
 * public transportation
 * public works
 * publican
 * publically


 * publicly held
 * publicness

Related terms

 * people
 * population
 * pub
 * publican
 * publication
 * publicise, publicize
 * publicist
 * publicity


 * publicly
 * publish
 * republic

Noun

 * 1) The people in general, regardless of membership of any particular group.
 * Members of the public may not proceed beyond this point.
 * 1) * 2007 May 4, Martin Jacques, The Guardian
 * Bush and Blair stand condemned by their own publics and face imminent political extinction.

Derived terms

 * antipublic
 * general public
 * John Q. Public
 * public relations
 * public-spirited

Adjectives for Public
receptive; intellectual; alienated; fun-loving; disinterested; aroused; palpitating; surfeited; reverent; morbid; sentimental; trusting; enlightened; gullible; motoring; enduring; theatergoing; authentic; multifarious; indignant; mad; fighting; promiscuous; unorganized; indifferent; jaded; yearning; heartless; blameless; ungrateful; cynical; avid; acquiring; enlightened; attentive; fickle; exacting; ignorant; modern; credulous; importunate; consuming; investing; uneducated.

Verbs for Public
appeal to—; beguile—; captivate—; cater to —; deceive—; defraud—; divert—; enlighten—; foist on—; impress—; incite—; scan —; shrink from—; shun—; slip over on—; snare—; swindle—; —applauds; —flocks to; mystify—; present to—.

Thesaurus
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, clear-cut, 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, outward-facing, 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

Etymology
From <  publicus:, contr. from *undefined: < populus:; see people.

Adjective

 * Arabic: (ʕāmm),  (ʕumúmiyy),  علني
 * Breton:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese: 公共 (gōnggòng)
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, openbaar
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 公衆の (こうしゅうの, kōshū no)
 * Korean: 공중의 (gongjung-ui)
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian: javni
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: ప్రజా (prajaa)
 * Vietnamese:


 * Czech:
 * Dutch:, publiek
 * Finnish: ;
 * Greek: ,
 * Indonesian:


 * Persian: عمومی
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Telugu: బాహాటము
 * Vietnamese:


 * Dutch: overheids-, staats-
 * Finnish:, ulkisoikeudellinen
 * Greek:
 * Indonesian:


 * Portuguese:
 * Swedish: statlig
 * Telugu: ప్రభుత్వ నిధి


 * Finnish:
 * Greek: κοινο-


 * Indonesian: terbuka
 * Telugu: వేలం


 * : (ʕumúmiyy)
 * : javan, javna , javno
 * : public


 * : öffentlich
 * : publicus, -a , -um
 * : público
 * : javen, javna , javno
 * : offentlig, allmän
 * : público
 * : público

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 公眾, 公众, 大眾, 大众
 * Czech:
 * Esperanto: publiko
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, Öffentlichkeit
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: जनता


 * Indonesian: khalayak
 * Japanese: 大衆
 * Latin: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: общественность, публика, народ
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbo-Croatian: javnost, publika
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: ప్రజలు
 * Welsh: cyhoedd


 * : 公共, 公眾

Adjective

 * 1) public

Noun

 * 1) public (people in general)
 * 2) audience
 * Il devait plaire à son public.
 * He had to please his audience

Etymology 1
From publicus:.

Etymology 2
Noun use of public (compare publicum).