regular Joe
Ordinary working person
A regular Joe is an ordinary person, especially a man, with no special status, wealth, or pretensions.
The phrase emphasizes commonness and approachability: He's just a regular Joe who likes baseball and beer.
Politicians often try to present themselves as regular Joes to connect with voters.
The female equivalent is regular Jane, though it's less common.
- everymanOrdinary representative person
- typicalRepresentative of a kind
- ordinaryStandard, unremarkable
- normieSlang for mainstream person
- man on the streetCommon person, not expert
everyday people · plain-spoken · commoner · mundane · down-to-earth · just folks · citizen · Main Street · working-class hero · mortal · unpretentious · next door neighbor · suburbia · salt of the earth · relatable · blue-collar worker · nine to five · hard day's work
- Everymaneveryman, common man, John Doe, John Q. Public, man on the street
regular Joecelebrity
Widely recognized public figure
superstar · star · household name · public figure · A-lister
regular Joebillionaire
Person worth ten figures
aristocrat · elite · blue blood · one-percenter · plutocrat
regular JoeVIP
Notable, for short
big shot · mover and shaker · power broker · bigwig · kingmaker
regular, Joe, regularity, regularly, irregular, irregularly, irregularity, regulate, regulation