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Everyman
noun as in everyone
noun as in John Doe
noun as in lowest common denominator
Weak matches
noun as in man in the street
Weak matches
noun as in ragtag and bobtail
noun as in third estate
noun as in Tom, Dick, and Harry
Example Sentences
Theater veteran Elizabeth Franz, who won a Tony Award for her bold reinvention as the wife of the everyman title character in the 1999 Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman,” has died.
Louis likens himself to Pierre, the main protagonist in War & Peace, who represents the "everyman" as the illegitimate son of a rich aristocrat who inherits a huge fortune, catapulting him into Russian high society.
Kevin: I was going to say “handsome, relatable everyman,” but fine.
It was while working at Sheffield Hallam that she took a creative writing course and honed her debut novel, which went on to sell more than a million copies in the UK alone and won the Bollinger Everyman Prize for Comic Fiction and the Waverton Good Read Award.
Mr. Ciattarelli comes across as an everyman, concerned about his state’s future and offering common-sense ideas.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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