Thesaurus: public

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1. a. 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. a. Open to the knowledge or view of all; general; common; notorious; as, public report; public scandal.
3. a. Open to common or general use; as, a public road; a public house.
4. n. 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. n. A public house; an inn.
6. adj. not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole
7. adj. affecting the people or community as a whole
8. n. people in general considered as a whole
9. n. a body of people sharing some common interest
10. r:4/j:70/n:26 n. a body of people sharing some common interest a. not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole s. affecting the people or community as a whole