'Communal' definitions:
Definition of 'communal'
(from WordNet)
adjective
For or by a group rather than individuals; "dipping each his bread into a communal dish of stew"- Paul Roche; "a communal settlement in which all earnings and food were shared"; "a group effort"
adjective
Relating to a small administrative district or community; "communal elections in several European countries"
Definition of 'Communal'
From: GCIDE
- Communal \Com"mu*nal\ (? or ?), a. [Cf. F. communal.]
- 1. Pertaining to a commune. [1913 Webster]
- 2. resembling a commune[4] or the practises of a commune[4]; as, communal living.
- Syn: collectivist. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'communal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- associated,
- associational,
- civic,
- civil,
- coacting,
- coactive,
- coadjutant,
- coadjuvant,
- coalitional,
- coefficient,
- collaborative,
- collective,
- collectivist,
- collectivistic,
- collusive,
- combined,
- commensal,
- common,
- communalist,
- communalistic,
- communist,
- communistic,
- communitarian,
- commutual,
- concerted,
- concordant,
- concurrent,
- concurring,
- conjoint,
- conniving,
- cooperant,
- cooperating,
- cooperative,
- cosmopolitan,
- ecumenic,
- fellow,
- general,
- harmonious,
- harmonized,
- in common,
- international,
- joint,
- mutual,
- national,
- noncompetitive,
- organizational,
- popular,
- public,
- reciprocal,
- respective,
- sociable,
- social,
- socialistic,
- societal,
- society,
- state,
- supranational,
- symbiotic,
- synergetic,
- synergic,
- synergistic,
- two-way,
- uncompetitive