Joe Public
noun /ˌdʒəʊˈpʌb.lɪk/
/ˌdʒoʊ-/ UK informal (US informal John Q. Public)Definition
› the general public: The government's decision to tax gas and electricity has not been popular with Joe Public.Ordinary people
(Definition of Joe Public noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- community noun
- folk adjective
- grassroots adjective
- grassroots noun
- Jane Doe noun
- Joe Bloggs noun
- John Doe noun
- mass market noun
- mass noun (ORDINARY PEOPLE)
- mortal noun
- on the ground idiom
- popular adjective (GENERAL)
- public adjective (PEOPLE)
- public adjective (PLACE)
- public noun
- the general public noun
- the hoi polloi noun
- the man/woman on the Clapham omnibus idiom
- the man/woman/person in/on the street idiom
- the populace noun
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