nobody

[ noh-bod-ee, -buhd-ee, -buh-dee ]

/ ˈnoʊˌbɒd i, -ˌbʌd i, -bə di /

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pronoun

no person; not anyone; no one: Nobody answered, so I hung up.

noun, plural no·bod·ies.

a person of no importance, influence, or power.

Nearby words

noblesse, noblesse oblige, noblesville, noblewoman, nobly, nobody, nobody home, nobody's fool, nobunaga, nocardia, nocardia asteroides

Origin of nobody

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at no², body

Can be confused

nobody no one none¹ (see usage note at none¹)

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Examples from the Web for nobody

There was nobody that I read who was like, “This is just… whatever.”
‘Archer’ Creator Adam Reed Spills Season 6 Secrets, From Surreal Plotlines to Life Post-ISIS|Marlow Stern|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Nobody ever says they want to become a cop so they can bust people for urinating in public or drinking alcohol on their stoop.
Shot Down During the NYPD Slowdown|Michael Daly|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
If nobody on the outside will send Teresa money, should she learn a prison hustle?
How a ‘Real Housewife’ Survives Prison: ‘I Don’t See [Teresa Giudice] Having a Cakewalk Here’|Michael Howard|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Unlike the characters he plays, men who came from nowhere and, as he himself puts it, “go home to nobody.”
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Nobody terrified audiences with a smile as well as Lee Marvin.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Though he had nobody to save for, he laid up at least as much as he spent.
Critical and Historical Essays, Volume III (of 3)|Thomas Babington Macaulay
And it went so that nobody thought anything of them but evil, from that time.
The Pre-Columbian Discovery of America by the Northmen|B. F. De Costa
Nobody comes out this far unless theyre huntin for the lake, but youre the first to come in a steam car without rails.
The Motor Boys Across the Plains|Clarence Young
Nobody will think anything of my goin' a berryin'—I have a desp'rate wish to see this Dus!
The Chainbearer|J. Fenimore Cooper
He always has things his own way, though he brings it about so quietly that nobody would even suspect him of being self-willed.
Macaria|Augusta Jane Evans Wilson

British Dictionary definitions for nobody

nobody

/ (ˈnəʊbədɪ) /

pronoun

no person; no-one

noun plural -bodies

an insignificant person

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Idioms and Phrases with nobody

nobody

In addition to the idioms beginning with nobody

nobody home

also see:

like crazy (nobody's business)