nonexperts
Those without training
Nonexperts are people without specialized knowledge or training in a particular field.
The term often appears when distinguishing audience levels: The book explains quantum physics for nonexperts.
It carries no negative judgment—merely marks the boundary between specialists and everyone else.
Those outside a profession
- laypersonsThose without specialized knowledge
- laymenThose lacking specialized knowledge
- general publicPeople as a whole
- citizensMembers of a nation
audience · outsiders · civilians · masses · populace · consumers · community · bystanders
laypeople
Those outside a profession
- laypersonsThose without specialized knowledge
- laymenThose lacking specialized knowledge
- general publicPeople as a whole
citizens · audience · outsiders · civilians · masses · populace · consumers · community · bystanders · observers
novices
Inexperienced newcomers
rookies · neophytes · apprentices · students · newbies · fledglings · tyros · recruits · initiates · entrants
- nonexpertslaymen, laypeople, laypersons, laywomen, laity
nonexpertsexperts
Highly skilled practitioners
specialists · authorities · professionals · masters · connoisseurs