common divisor

1. 1.

   an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly

   Synonymscommon factorcommon measure

   Broaderdivisor

   Narrowergreatest common divisor

Questions about common divisor

What does common divisor mean?

common divisor means "an integer that divides two (or more) other integers evenly".

What is another word for common divisor?

Close synonyms include common factor, common measure. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common divisor a common word?

common divisor is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.