communal

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
communal
    adj 1: 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"
    2: relating to a small administrative district or community;
       "communal elections in several European countries"
    
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
63 Moby Thesaurus words for "communal":
      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

    

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