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.

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Origin of nobody

First recorded 1300–50; Middle English; see origin at no², body

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH nobody

nobody , no one, none¹

Words nearby nobody

noblesse, noblesse oblige, Noblesville, noblewoman, nobly, nobody, nobody home, “Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen”, nobody's fool, no-brainer, Nobunaga

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How to use nobody in a sentence

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
He was aware that his act by this time, had helped nobody, had made no one happy or satisfied—not even himself.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
When you engaged yourself to the young woman you were poor and a nobody, and the step was perhaps excusable.
Elster's Folly|Mrs. Henry Wood
Nobody else wanted Hugh Egerton's society, and he began to believe that this girl sincerely did want it.
Rosemary in Search of a Father|C. N. Williamson
And since nobody answered, Jolly Robin seemed to think he had silenced Mrs. Robin—for once.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole|Arthur Scott Bailey
Please understand that nobody here had the least intention of playing a trick upon you!
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various

British Dictionary definitions for nobody

nobody

/ (ˈnəʊbədɪ) /

pronoun

no person; no-one

noun plural -bodies

an insignificant person

undefined nobody

See everyone

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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nobody home

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like crazy (nobody's business)

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British Dictionary definitions for nobody

undefined nobody

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