everyman

Noun

Meaning

the ordinary person

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

John Smith main street John Doe Mann bourgeoisie everyone everybody Joe Blow common man man in the street middlebrow ragtag and bobtail anybody roturier Joe Six-pack

Antonyms

caesar pharaoh alderman czar druid ruler

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Hypernyms

commoner common man common person

Examples

Fractal geometry is not just a chapter of mathematics, but one that helps Everyman to see the same world differently. Benoît Mandelbrot

Everyman is full of music, but it is not everyman that knows how to bring it out. Henry Ward Beecher

Every day, almost as many men are killed at work as were killed during the average day in Vietnam. For men, there are, in essence, three male-only drafts: the draft of men to all the wars; the draft of Everyman to unpaid bodyguard; the draft of men to all the hazardous jobs-or ‘death professions. Warren Farrell

These songs were the true names of things, spoken by the soul, so easily buried under the little busynesses of everyman everyday. Ian McDonald

The dyslexic: Everyman as cubist. Marshall McLuhan

I've played all these extreme guys, but playing an everyman type has its own challenges. Andrew Scott

Close letter words and terms

everyguy everyhow everykid everynight everyone everyone agrees there