common interest
Mutual hobby connection
Common interest refers to something that benefits or concerns multiple parties equally.
People with a common interest share a stake in an outcome: The neighbors found common interest in keeping the street safe.
The phrase often appears in legal and political contexts—a common interest community is a housing development where residents share ownership of certain property and facilities.
Common interests can unite strangers: We bonded over our common interest in obscure horror films.
- mutual benefitGain for all involved
- mutual understandingShared agreement between parties
- meeting of mindsMutual intellectual agreement
- shared valuesPrinciples held in common
- shared purposeGoal held collectively
joint ventures · community engagement · public welfare · shared resources · collective identity · mutuality · shared goals · civic participation · like-mindedness · social cohesion · democratic ideals · similarity · collective bargaining · profit-sharing · stake · skin in the game · trade agreements · spark
- interestcuriosity, fascination, attention, concern, stake
- legal defensesself-defense, alibi, affirmative defense, insanity defense, insanity
common interestself-interest
Concern for personal advantage
selfishness · egoism · self-centeredness · greed · self-regard
common interestconflict of interest
Compromised impartiality from competing stakes
irreconcilable differences · discord · rivalry · zero-sum game
common, interest, uncommon, commons, uncommonly, commoner, commonality, commonness, uncommonness