Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
for or by a group rather than individuals;
- Example: "dipping each his bread into a communal dish of stew"- Paul Roche- Example: "a communal settlement in which all earnings and food were shared"- Example: "a group effort"2.
relating to a small administrative district or community;
- Example: "communal elections in several European countries"
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]
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"
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