john doe

What does john doe mean?

john doe means "a hypothetical average man". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for john doe?

Close synonyms include Joe Blow, Joe Bloggs, man in the street. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is john doe a common word?

john doe is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for john doe come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.