Phrase guide

Tom, Dick and Harry

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌtɒm.dɪ.kənˈhæ.ri/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Anybody or everybody; random or unknown people.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only

Examples

  • every Tom, Dick and Harry
  • any Tom, Dick or Harry
  • We want the place to be accessible to any Tom, Dick or Harry that happens to find it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Three hypothetical customers, user personas, or similar constructs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: plural, plural-only, uncommon

Topics: business, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Three common first names. Many languages have similar formations; see translations.

Across languages

Translations

63 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: Jan Rap en sy maat — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Arabic: فُلَانٌ وَعِلَّان (fulānun waʕillān) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Arabic: كُلُّ مَنْ هَبَّ وَدَبَّ (kullu man habba wadabba) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Basque: Urlia, Sandia eta Berendia — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Bengali: রাম শ্যাম যদু মধু (ram śêm jodu modhu) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Bulgarian: Су́льо и Пу́льо (Súljo i Púljo) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Bulgarian: ку́цо и сака́то (kúco i sakáto) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Bulgarian: фила́нкишията (filánkišijata) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Catalan: en Pau, en Pere i en Berenguera — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 張三李四 /张三李四 (Zhāng sān Lǐ sì) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Chinese Mandarin: 阿貓阿狗 /阿猫阿狗 (āmāo'āgǒu) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Danish: hvermand — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Danish: gud og hvermand — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Dutch: Jan en Alleman — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Dutch: Jan, Piet & Klaas — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Finnish: mattimeikäläinen — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • French: Pierre, Paul ou Jacques — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • French: Pierre, Jean, Jacques — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Galician: fulano e citrano — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • German: Hinz und Kunz — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • German: Krethi und Plethi — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • German: Hans und Franz — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Greek: κάθε καρυδιάς καρύδι (káthe karydiás karýdi) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Hindi: ऐरा-ग़ैरा नत्थू ख़ैरा (airā-ġairā natthū xairā) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Hindi: फ़लाना-ढिमाका (falānā-ḍhimākā) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Hindi: रमदू फट्टू (ramdū phaṭṭū) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Hungarian: boldog-boldogtalan — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Hungarian: mindenki — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Hungarian: bárki — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Hungarian: akárki — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Italian: Tizio, Caio e Sempronio — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Macedonian: Петко, Трајко, Станко (Petko, Trajko, Stanko) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Maltese: Cikku l-Poplu — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gud og hvermann — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Per, Pål og Askeladden — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Persian: اره و اوره و شمسی کوره (âre o ure o šamsi kure) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Polish: Jan Kowalski — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Portuguese: Fulano, Beltrano e Cicrano — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Portuguese: Fulano, Sicrano e Beltrano — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Russian: ка́ждый встре́чный и попере́чный (káždyj vstréčnyj i poperéčnyj) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Russian: Ивано́в, Петро́в, Си́доров (Ivanóv, Petróv, Sídorov) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Serbo-Croatian: Пера, Мика, Лаза — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Serbo-Croatian: Марко и Трајко — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Serbo-Croatian: И Кунто и Панто — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Serbo-Croatian: Pera, Mika, Laza — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Serbo-Croatian: Marko i Trajko — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Serbo-Croatian: I Kunto i Panto — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Slovak: Joži or Džony — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Spanish: Fulano, Mengano y Sotano — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Spanish: Fulano, Zutano, Mengano y Perengano/Perensejo — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Spanish: cada hijo de vecino — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Spanish: cualquier hijo de vecino — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Swedish: Andersson, Pettersson och Lundström — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Swedish: kreti och pleti — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Tamil: குப்பனோ சுப்பனோ (kuppaṉō cuppaṉō) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Tamil: வருகிறவன் போகிறவன் (varukiṟavaṉ pōkiṟavaṉ) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Telugu: అప్పారావు, సుబ్బారావు (appārāvu, subbārāvu) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Turkish: Ali Veli — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Turkish: Ahmet, Mehmet — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Urdu: ایراغیرہ نتھو خیرا (era ġera, nathu, khera) — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Vietnamese: An, Binh, Cường, Dũng — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Volapük: lusogem — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people
  • Welsh: Twm, Dic neu Harri — anybody or everybody; random or unknown people