nobody
- no person; not anyone; no one: Nobody answered, so I hung up.
- a person of no importance, influence, or power.
Origin of nobody
Related Words for nobody
nothing, nullity, zip, upstart, zero, wimp, nix, parvenu, cipher, zilch, lightweight, squirt, menial, nonentity, zippo, insignificancyExamples from the Web for nobody
Contemporary Examples of 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-ISISMarlow Stern
January 8, 2015
Nobody ever says they want to become a cop so they can bust people for urinating in public or drinking alcohol on their stoop.
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
Unlike the characters he plays, men who came from nowhere and, as he himself puts it, “go home to nobody.”
Nobody terrified audiences with a smile as well as Lee Marvin.
Historical Examples of nobody
They all admired and respected her, and nobody doubted the reality of her adventures.
Harriet, The Moses of Her PeopleSarah H. Bradford
What I hear at night is the creaking of stairs, when I know that nobody ought to be stirring.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
Hope bade one and another run for a physician, but nobody stirred.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
"Nobody ever thinks I see anything," said Aunt Jane, in some dejection.
MalboneThomas Wentworth Higginson
I desired her to give it into her own hand, when nobody was by.
Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9)Samuel Richardson
nobody
- no person; no-one
- an insignificant person
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Word Origin and History for nobody
Idioms and Phrases with nobody
nobody
In addition to the idioms beginning with nobody
- nobody home
also see:
- like crazy (nobody's business)