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Anonymous Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

opposite of snob

What are some colloquial ways to say the opposite of a snob ?

(I've found modest , humble but these seem formal )

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How about down to earth?

As in, "although Geroge is vice president for a Fortune 500 firm, he is a very humble, down-to-earth kind of guy."
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Some people thought Senator Kerry seemed like a snob, but President Bush seemed more like a regular guy/ a man of the people. (Down-to-earth is also good.)
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You can also talk about somebody being "salt of the Earth" eg. "They're really salt-of-the-Earth-types, with no pretensions."
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The opposite of a snob is a bons.
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A snob is someone who extraordinarally flouts his refinement, so the opposite would be someone below the standard. Probably more "a man of simple tastes" or "an ascetic" than just a simple hardy fellow. I certainly think of a snob as someone who shows off by boring you to death with minute details of whatever fixation nobody gives a flying **** about.

A colloquial way to put it
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If you were looking to use the word in not such a nice context, ie: talking about someone in a derogatory way, you might call them 'common'.

He was an awfully common man.
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Anonymousthe opposite of a snob ?
Maybe a mensch?

CJ
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