Word Meanings - PUBLIC - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. 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. To the public good Private respects must yield. Milton. He touched the dead

Additional info about word: PUBLIC

1. 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. To the public good Private respects must yield. Milton. He touched the dead corpse of the public credit, and it sprung upon its feet. D. Webster. 2. Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal. Joseph, . . . not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. Matt. i. 19. 3. Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house. "The public street." Shak. Public act or statute , an act or statute affecting matters of public concern. Of such statutes the courts take judicial notice. -- Public credit. See under Credit. -- Public funds. See Fund, 3. -- Public house, an inn, or house of entertainment. -- Public law. See International law, under International. A public act or statute. -- Public nuisance. See under Nuisance. -- Public orator. See Orator, 3. -- Public stores, military and naval stores, equipments, etc. -- Public works, all fixed works built by civil engineers for public use, as railways, docks, canals, etc.; but strictly, military and civil engineering works constructed at the public cost.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of PUBLIC)

• Open
• Accessible
• free
• available
• unshut
• unfolded
• public
• unrestricted
• unreserved
• unaffected
• genuine
• barefaced
• undisguised
• above-board
• liberal
• unclosed
• candid
• frank
• ingenuous
• unsettled
• undetermined
• Overt
• Deliberate
• open
• avowed
• manifest
• Popular
• Common
• current
• vulgar
• general
• received
• favorite
• beloved
• prevailing
• approved
• widespread
• liked
• Private
• Special
• peculiar
• individual
• secret
• not public
• retired
• privy
• Vulgar
• loose
• ordinary
• vernacular
• plebeian
• uncultivated
• unrefined
• low
• mean
• coarse
• underbred

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of PUBLIC)

• Shelve
• burke
• discard
• hazard
• chance
• risk
• Tie
• fasten
• hold
• retain

Related words: (words related to PUBLIC)

• FRANKALMOIGNE
  A tenure by which a religious corporation holds lands given to them and their successors forever, usually on condition of praying for the soul of the donor and his heirs; -- called also tenure by free alms. Burrill.
• PUBLIC-SPIRITED
  1. Having, or exercising, a disposition to advance the interest of the community or public; as, public-spirited men. 2. Dictated by a regard to public good; as, a public-spirited project or measure. Addison. -- Pub"lic-spir`it*ed*ly,
• BAREFACEDNESS
  The quality of being barefaced; shamelessness; assurance; audaciousness.
• UNDERBRED
  Not thoroughly bred; ill-bred; as, an underbred fellow. Goldsmith.
• PECULIARIZE
  To make peculiar; to set appart or assign, as an exclusive possession. Dr. John Smith.
• RECEIVER'S CERTIFICATE
  An acknowledgement of indebtedness made by a receiver under order of court to obtain funds for the preservation of the assets held by him, as for operating a railroad. Receivers' certificates are ordinarily a first lien on the assets, prior to that
• PLEBEIANCE
  1. Plebeianism. 2. Plebeians, collectively.
• AVAILABLENESS
  1. Competent power; validity; efficacy; as, the availableness of a title. 2. Quality of being available; capability of being used for the purpose intended. Sir M. Hale.
• CHANCELLERY
  Chancellorship. Gower.
• POPULARIZATION
  The act of making popular, or of introducing among the people.
• HAZARDIZE
  A hazardous attempt or situation; hazard. Herself had run into that hazardize. Spenser.
• INGENUOUS
  frank; pref. in- in + the root of gignere to beget. See Genius, and 1. Of honorable extraction; freeborn; noble; as, ingenuous blood of birth. 2. Noble; generous; magnanimous; honorable; uprigth; high-minded; as, an ingenuous ardor or zeal. If
• FRANKFORT BLACK
  . A black pigment used in copperplate printing, prepared by burning vine twigs, the lees of wine, etc. McElrath.
• OVERTASK
  To task too heavily.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• UNCLOSE
  1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
• PUBLICLY
  1. With exposure to popular view or notice; without concealment; openly; as, property publicly offered for sale; an opinion publicly avowed; a declaration publicly made. 2. In the name of the community. Addison.
• APPROVING
  Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile. -- Ap*prov"ing*ly, adv.
• OVERTROUBLED
  Excessively troubled.
• CANDIDATING
  The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement.
• DISAPPROVAL
  Disapprobation; dislike; censure; adverse judgment.
• UNDERSECRETARY
  A secretary who is subordinate to the chief secretary; an assistant secretary; as, an undersecretary of the Treasury.
• PRIESTLIKE
  Priestly. B. Jonson.
• MAJOR GENERAL
  . An officer of the army holding a rank next above that of brigadier general and next below that of lieutenant general, and who usually commands a division or a corps.
• MINIONLIKE; MINIONLY
  Like a minion; daintily. Camden.
• STATESMANLIKE
  Having the manner or wisdom of statesmen; becoming a statesman.
• DIRECT CURRENT
  A current flowing in one direction only; -- distinguished from alternating current. When steady and not pulsating a direct current is often called a continuous current. A direct induced current, or momentary current of the same direction as the
• WELL-LIKING
  Being in good condition. They also shall bring forth more fruit in their age, and shall be fat and well-liking. Bk. of Com. Prayer .
• UNCOMMON
  Not common; unusual; infrequent; rare; hence, remarkable; strange; as, an uncommon season; an uncommon degree of cold or heat; uncommon courage. Syn. -- Rare; scarce; infrequent; unwonted. -- Un*com"mon*ly, adv. -- Un*com"mon*ness, n.