shmoes
Ordinary, unremarkable people
Shmoes is the plural of shmo (also spelled schmoe), a Yiddish-influenced slang term for an ordinary, unremarkable, or slightly foolish person.
It carries mild contempt or dismissiveness: a bunch of shmoes waiting in line, Why should I care what those shmoes think?
The word suggests someone unimpressive rather than genuinely stupid.
Easily fooled people
- dupesDeceives or victims
- patsiesScapegoats or easy victims
- chumpsGullible people exploited
- marksVisible signs or grades
stooges · fall guys · easy targets · simpletons · rubes · pushovers · saps · dimwits
Typical, ordinary individuals
- nobodiesUnimportant, unknown persons
- everymenOrdinary representative people
- common folkOrdinary members of society
- unknownsUndetermined quantities
little guys · ordinary people · rank and file · working stiffs · regular folks · small fry · nonentities · commoners
suckers
Easily fooled people
marks · stooges · fall guys · easy targets · simpletons · rubes · pushovers · saps · dimwits · dopes
average joes
Typical, ordinary individuals
- nobodiesUnimportant, unknown persons
- everymenOrdinary representative people
- common folkOrdinary members of society
unknowns · little guys · ordinary people · rank and file · working stiffs · regular folks · small fry · nonentities · commoners · plebeians
shmoescelebrities
Well-known public figures
VIPs · big shots · stars · movers and shakers · somebodies
shmoesgeniuses
Exceptionally gifted intellects
experts · masterminds · virtuosos · hotshots · savants
shmoessophisticates
Worldly, cultured individuals
elites · cosmopolitans · jet-setters · cognoscenti · glitterati
- Joe ShmoeGeneric placeholder name