Synonyms of the word

layman

• n. layperson, someone who is not an ordained cleric or member of the clergy.
• n. by analogy, someone who is not a professional in a given field.
• n. a common person.
• n. a person who is untrained or lacks knowledge of a subject.
• n. a generally ignorant person.
• n. lay-sister or lay-brother, person received into a convent of monks, following the vows, but not being…

commoner

• adj. comparative form of common: more common.
• n. A member of the common people who holds no title or rank.
• n. (Britain) Someone who is not of noble rank.
• n. (Britain, Oxbridge slang) An undergraduate who does not hold either a scholarship or an exhibition.
• n. (obsolete, Britain, Oxford University slang) A student who is not dependent on any foundation for support,…
• n. Someone holding common rights because of residence or land ownership in a particular manor, especially…
• n. (obsolete) One sharing with another in anything.
• n. (obsolete) A prostitute.

layperson

• n. A person who is not a cleric.
• n. One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity.

secular

• adj. Not specifically religious.
• adj. Temporal; worldly, or otherwise not based on something timeless.
• adj. (Christianity) Not bound by the vows of a monastic order.
• adj. Happening once in an age or century.
• adj. Continuing over a long period of time, long-term.
• adj. (literary) Centuries-old, ancient.
• adj. (astrophysics, geology) Relating to long-term non-periodic irregularities, especially in planetary motion…
• adj. (atomic physics) Unperturbed over time.
• n. A secular ecclesiastic, or one not bound by monastic rules.
• n. A church official whose functions are confined to the vocal department of the choir.
• n. A layman, as distinguished from a clergyman.