Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

man on the street

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.16 in modern English

Syllables: man on the street
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An ordinary member of the general public, especially one who lacks special expertise.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: layman, everyman"
"Such was the airy way with which, not an illiterate man on the street, but a brilliant woman of the world disposed of a tremendous historical fact."
""When do the Olympics begin?" a reporter from a Nagano television station asks me in a man-on-the-street interview."
"It is not only the man on the street who is characterized by taking one's own system of relevance for granted. This holds true for the expert,...."

Inflected Forms

men on the street (plural)

Phrases

word on the street pub test vox populi

Frequently Paired Words

word on the street pub test vox populi

Synonyms

man in the street man on the Clapham omnibus Joe Average John Q. Public layman everyman

Questions

What does man on the street mean?: An ordinary member of the general public, especially one who lacks special expertise.

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