everybody

[ ev-ree-bod-ee, -buhd-ee ]

pronoun

1. every person.

everybody

/ ˈɛvrɪˌbɒdɪ /

pronoun

1. every person; everyone

Usage Note

See each, else.

Usage

See everyone

Word History and Origins

Origin of everybody¹

First recorded in 1520–30; every + body

Example Sentences

Everybody is trapped in an elevator together and tempers run a little hot.

From The Daily Beast

I think everybody would like to be handsome and good at karate.

From The Daily Beast

Everybody stays—because by the end, his triumph feels like your own.

From The Daily Beast

Just this year we sponsored the Reaching Out MBA Conference and in that conference I introduced my fiancé to everybody.

From The Daily Beast

For everybody else, public schools were the only option—and these institutions often had an abysmal record.

From The Daily Beast

Polavieja, as everybody knew, was the chosen executive of the friars, whose only care was to secure their own position.

From Project Gutenberg

We all rose to our feet, and he shook hands with everybody without waiting to be introduced.

From Project Gutenberg

Though, as everybody well knew, the doctor had forbidden her to lift so much as a pin!

From Project Gutenberg

Although everybody laughed at such a notion, the Worm-eating Warbler declared that he had a right to his own belief.

From Project Gutenberg

So everybody began looking for the appearance of his story in all the leading magazines.

From Project Gutenberg