Much legal language is obscure to a layman.
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Layman
//ˈleɪmən//
Synonyms for "layman" (11 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (3)
Strong matches (3)
Related words (5)
Noun(1 words)
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5 entriesAntonyms
4 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriescoordinate
3 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
2 entriesis a
2 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
96 translations across 38 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- leek noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Bulgarian
3 entries- лаик noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- любител noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- мирянин noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 俗家 noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- 平信徒 noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Czech
4 entries- amatér noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- laik noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- laik noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- laička noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Danish
4 entries- lægfolk noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- lægfolk noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- lægmand noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- lægmand noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
Dutch
2 entries- leek noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- leek noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
Esperanto
2 entries- laiko noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- laiko noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
Estonian
1 entries- ilmik noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Finnish
2 entries- maallikko noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- maallikko noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
French
2 entries- laïc noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- profane noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
German
3 entries- Laie noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- Laie noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- Laiin noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Greek
3 entries- ερασιτέχνης noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- ερασιτέχνις noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- λαϊκός noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Hebrew
1 entries- הדיוט noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
Hungarian
2 entries- laikus noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- laikus noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
Icelandic
2 entries- leikmaður noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- leikmaður noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
Indonesian
1 entries- awam noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
Irish
4 entries- duine gan foghlaim noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- gnáthdhuine noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- neamheaglaiseach noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- tuata noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Italian
3 entries- laico noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- profano noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- profano noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
Japanese
2 entries- 俗人 noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- 平信徒 noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Lithuanian
2 entries- pasauliẽtis noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- pasauliẽtė noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Macedonian
4 entries- дилета́нт noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- ла́ик noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- ми́рјанин noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- љу́бител noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
Malayalam
1 entries- അൽമായൻ noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Manx
2 entries- theayagh noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- theayagh noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
Middle English
3 entries- lay man noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- lewed man noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- lewed man noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
Māori
1 entries- reimana noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- lekmann noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- lekmann noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- lekmann noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- lekmann noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
Old English
1 entries- lǣwed noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Polish
2 entries- laik noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- laik noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
Portuguese
4 entries- laico noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- leigo noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- leigo noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- profano noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
Romagnol
2 entries- làic noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- lêic noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Russian
4 entries- дилета́нт noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- люби́тель noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- миря́нин noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- неспециали́ст noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- làik noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- làik noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- svetovnjak noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- ла̀ик noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Slovak
4 entries- amatér noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- laik noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- laik noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- laička noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Spanish
4 entries- aficionado noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
- laico noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- lego noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- lego noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
Swedish
2 entries- lekman noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
- lekman noun (someone who is not a professional in a given field)
Tibetan
1 entries- མི་སྐུ noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Ukrainian
1 entries- миря́нин noun (someone who is not an ordained cleric)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Here is another quote from Luis Fernando Verissimo: "Never be afraid of trying something new. Remember that a single layman constructed the ark, and a large group of professionals built the Titanic."
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Many a layman confuse vane with vain.
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Mersenne Prime numbers are special in a way that no layman could ever explain.
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