Joe Blow
Any ordinary person
Joe Blow is a placeholder name for an ordinary, anonymous person—the average man on the street.
It's interchangeable with John Doe or the average Joe, though Joe Blow often carries a slightly dismissive edge: What does Joe Blow know about foreign policy?
The name suggests someone unremarkable, a stand-in for the general public.
Placeholder for unidentified males
- Jane DoePlaceholder for unknown woman
- John Q. PublicHypothetical average citizen
- everymanOrdinary representative person
- man on the streetCommon person, not expert
anonymous · nameless · faceless · interchangeable · stand-in · placeholder name · generic name · unidentified
Arithmetic mean or ordinary
- typicalRepresentative of a kind
- mainstreamDominant cultural current
- middle-classIntermediate socioeconomic group
- commonplaceUnremarkable and frequent
unremarkable · run-of-the-mill · garden-variety · everyday · regular · normal · plain · unexceptional
John Doe
Placeholder for unidentified males
- Jane DoePlaceholder for unknown woman
- John Q. PublicHypothetical average citizen
- everymanOrdinary representative person
man on the street · anonymous · nameless · faceless · interchangeable · stand-in · placeholder name · generic name · unidentified · unknown
average
Arithmetic mean or ordinary
- typicalRepresentative of a kind
- mainstreamDominant cultural current
- middle-classIntermediate socioeconomic group
commonplace · unremarkable · run-of-the-mill · garden-variety · everyday · regular · normal · plain · unexceptional · undistinguished
- Everymaneveryman, common man, regular guy, John Doe, John Q. Public
- common namescommon names, John, Jane, Bob, Bill
- placeholdersplaceholder, bar, blank, dummy, filler
Joe Blowcelebrity
Widely recognized public figure
superstar · household name · A-lister · star · public figure
Joe BlowVIP
Notable, for short
big shot · bigwig · somebody · mover and shaker · power broker
Joe Blowone of a kind
Utterly without equal
standout · original · trailblazer · maverick · iconoclast