Joe Average

English

Alternative forms

• average Joe
• regular Joe

Noun

Joe Average (plural Joe Averages)

1. (idiomatic) A hypothetical average or generic individual; the common man (or person, by extension).

   Write the instructions so that any Joe Average can understand them.

Synonyms

• Joe Public
• John Q. Public
• man on the street

Translations

hypothetical average or generic individual

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 普通人 (pou² tung¹ jan⁴)

  Hokkien: 普通人 (phó͘-thong-lâng)

  Mandarin: 普通人 (zh) (pǔtōngrén)

• Dutch: Jan Modaal m, Jan met de pet m
• Finnish: Pihtiputaan mummo (fi), Matti Meikäläinen (fi)
• French: Français moyen (fr) m
• German: Ottonormalverbraucher (de) m
• Irish: Seán Ó Rudaí m, Mac Uí Rudaí m
• Italian: Pinco Pallino m
• Japanese: 普通人 (ja) (ふつうじん, futsū jin), 山田 太郎 (Yamada Tarō)
• Lithuanian: Vardenis Pavardenis m
• Polish: Jan Kowalski (pl) m
• Portuguese: Jão (pt) m
• Spanish: Juan Pérez m
• Swedish: medelsvensson (sv) c, medelmåtta (sv) c

See also

• J. Random User
• Joe Bloggs
• Joe Sixpack
• John Doe
• regular folk / regular folks
• Tom, Dick or Harry

Anagrams

• average Joe, average joe