layman Definition
lay·man (lā′mən)
layman Synonyms
layman
n.
One who does not make religion a profession
secular, one of the laity, laic, catechumen, neophyte, proselyte, convert, parishioner, communicant, believer, one of the people, one of the flock, congregation; see also follower, member 1.Antonyms
priest*, ecclesiastic*, cleric. * One who is not versed in a subject
nonprofessional, novice, dilettante; see amateur, recruit.
layman Usage Examples
Possessives
- term: What, in layman's terms, is taper relief?
- guide: Her approach, the layman's guide, I found particularly valuable.
- language: We must explain in layman's language the lessons we are taught in our Lodges.
- understanding: That, at least, is my layman's understanding.
- interpretation: George has now replied with his knowledgeable layman's interpretation of the relevant law.
- point: From the layman's point of view, a few queries arise.
Converse of subject
understand: Create a clear picture that can be easily understood by the common layman.
Converse of object
- educate: Yet he knows how to present the breathtaking discoveries to the educated layman in a grand overview from the quarks to the Universe.
- do: Very rarely did any layman open his mouth to speak or exhort except in the Sabbath school.
- give: Gives a very layman 's view of academic and corporate research on some of the potential " big stories " of tomorrow.
- have: Lets have a layman 's option: scrap the road fund license.
- call: He was clearly not a priest, but what we would now call a layman.
- interest: This book is not a simple read, but it can definitely be read by the layman interested in the subject.
Adjective modifier
- Catholic: They are an Order of Catholic laymen who band together to serve the Church, the Priests, the Community and their families.
- intelligent: The writing is clear and aimed at the intelligent layman.
- interested: The audience for the former consists of fellow workers and interested laymen whilst the audience for the latter may not yet be born.
- average: He wanted the average layman to have access to the word of God.
- simple: This setup process will explain in simple layman 's terms how to get the best results from your Pro Cinema I satellites.
- first: He was the first layman to hold the post.
Modifies a noun
term: DDL is Data Driven Learning, which in laymen terms means using the corpus to aid learning.

