little man

noun

: the ordinary individual

Synonyms

• little guy
• John Doe
• man in the street
• Joe Blow
• worker

Examples of little man in a Sentence

claims that the wind farm would benefit only its developers and that the little man would get nothing out of it

Word History

First Known Use

1707, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for little man

• businessman
• canavan
• caravan
• constantan
• dragoman
• fisherman
• handyman
• harmattan
• journeyman
• marianne
• middleman
• minivan