layman

Other forms of layman

plural

laymans·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about layman

What does layman mean?

layman means "someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person".

How many syllables are in layman?

layman has 2 syllables: lay-man. The stress falls on "lay". In IPA it is /ˈleɪmən/.

What is another word for layman?

Close synonyms include layperson, secular. 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.

What is the opposite of layman?

The recorded antonyms are clergyman.

Is layman a common word?

layman is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with layman?

1 word rhymes with layman. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.