laypeople
Those without credentials
Laypeople are those without specialized knowledge or professional training in a particular field.
A doctor explains a diagnosis in terms laypeople can understand.
The word also distinguishes ordinary members of a religious community from clergy.
The singular is layperson, though layman and laywoman remain common.
Members of local congregation
- churchgoersRegular worship attendees
- flockAnimals gathered together
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
- worshippersThose who revere religiously
believers · faithful · communicants · parish · diocese · vestry · deacons · elders
Members of a nation
- populaceInhabitants of a place
- communityCollective of connected people
- publicAvailable to all
- societyOrganized communal human existence
voters · masses · residents · electorate · constituency · mainstream · grassroots · everyday
Inexperienced newcomers
- beginnersThose newly learning
- amateursNonprofessional participants
- outsidersThose not belonging
- generalistsThose with broad expertise
non-specialists · dilettantes · dabblers · enthusiasts · hobbyists · civilians · uninitiated · unschooled
Made less complex
- jargon-freeLacking technical language
- plain languageEasily understood communication
- accessibleAble to be reached
- understandableAble to be grasped
clear · comprehensible · non-technical · straightforward · user-friendly · digestible · demystified · explainer
parishioners
Members of local congregation
- churchgoersRegular worship attendees
- flockAnimals gathered together
- congregationAssembled group of worshippers
worshippers · believers · faithful · communicants · parish · diocese · vestry · deacons · elders · ministry
citizens
Members of a nation
society · voters · masses · residents · electorate · constituency · mainstream · grassroots · everyday · ordinary
novices
Inexperienced newcomers
generalists · non-specialists · dilettantes · dabblers · enthusiasts · hobbyists · civilians · uninitiated · unschooled · untrained
simplified
Made less complex
- jargon-freeLacking technical language
- plain languageEasily understood communication
- accessibleAble to be reached
understandable · clear · comprehensible · non-technical · straightforward · user-friendly · digestible · demystified · explainer · translation
- non-expertsamateurs, beginners, novices, non-experts, non-specialists
- populacethe masses, common folk, general public, hoi polloi, everyman
- churchgoerschurchgoer, churchgoers, parishioner, parishioners, congregant
- nonexpertsamateurs, novices, nonexperts, nonprofessionals, nonspecialists
- assembliesdelegates, gathering, Roman Senate, sessions, general assembly
- Non-academic learnersautodidacts, self-taught
laypeopleclergy
Ordained religious officials collectively
priests · clerics · religious leaders · pastors · rabbis
laypeopleexperts
Highly skilled practitioners
specialists · professionals · authorities · practitioners · technicians
people, laity, laypersons, laywomen, clergyperson, layman, layperson, laymen, laywoman