Antonyms for layman
ˈleɪ mənlay·man

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1. laymannoun

   Antonyms:
   specialist, expert, professional

2. laymannoun

   Antonyms:
   professional, specialist, expert

3. laymannoun

   Antonyms:
   expert, professional, specialist

4. laymannoun

   Antonyms:
   expert, specialist, professional

5. laymannoun

   Antonyms:
   professional, specialist, expert

6. laymannoun

   Antonyms:
   professional, expert, specialist

7. laymannoun

   Antonyms:
   expert, professional, specialist

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1. layman, layperson, secularnoun

   someone who is not a clergyman or a professional person

   Antonyms:
   man of the cloth, clergyman, reverend

   Synonyms:
   secular, layperson

How to use layman in a sentence?

1. Salt Lake Tribune:

   FLDS men are no longer permitted to have children with their multiple wives. That privilege belongs to the seed bearer alone, it is the husband's responsibility to hold the hands of their wives while the seed bearer 'spreads his seed.' In layman terms, the husband is required to sit in the room while the chosen seed bearer, or a couple of them, rape his wife or wives.

2. Colin Hanks:

   There's much bigger issues here and we wanted to be able to discuss those and explain it in a way that any layman could understand, that it could be entertaining but also informative.

3. George Filenko:

   In layman’s terms, the weapon could have been fired by Lt. Gliniewicz or he could have been in close proximity of the weapon being fired.

4. Uta Hagan:

   More than in any other performing arts the lack of respect for acting seems to spring from the fact that every layman considers himself a valid critic.

5. James Clapper:

   To me, as a layman, I am not haggling over war crimes because that's clearly what the Russians have resorted to, and the reason for it, of course, is the fact they essentially failed in a conventional, tactical attack, so they're resorting to what they can do, which is wanton destruction and the killing of innocent civilians.

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