layperson

Questions about layperson

What does layperson mean?

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

How many syllables are in layperson?

layperson has 3 syllables: lay-per-son. The stress falls on "per". In IPA it is /leɪˈpɝsɪn/.

What is another word for layperson?

Close synonyms include layman, 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.

Is layperson a common word?

layperson is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.