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person in the street

NOUN
people
Synonyms
STRONGEST
community crowd family folk nation population public society
STRONG
bodies bourgeois citizens clan commonality folks heads herd horde humanity humankind humans inhabitants kin masses mob mortals multitude nationality persons plebeians populace proletariat race tribe
WEAK
John/Jane Q. Public body politic common people general public hoi polloi human race rabble rank and file riffraff
Antonyms
WEAK
animals plants
NOUN
plebeian
Synonyms
STRONG
commonalty commoner peasant pleb plebe proletarian
WEAK
common people rank and file
Antonyms
WEAK
aristocrat noble patrician rich wealthy

Example Sentences

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Some in Chile see Jara through the Cold War lens, “but if you ask the average person in the street, they couldn’t care less.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 11, 2025

If you were to stop a random person in the street and address them as "Dr" you probably wouldn't be far wrong.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2024

“We have individuals on our police force whom a person in the street might not want carrying a gun on their behalf,” D.C.

From Washington Post • Oct. 6, 2022

"The probabilities of being in a terrorist attack is overblown. … You can start thinking that every next person in the street is a terrorist, which is completely untrue."

From US News • Jul. 20, 2016

Every idle person in the street joined in the pursuit, and all who were too busy or too respectable to run crowded to door and windows.

From Robert Falconer by MacDonald, George