no one

or no-one

[ noh wuhn ]

pronoun

1. no person; not anyone; nobody:

   No one is home.

no-one

pronoun

1. no person; nobody

Usage Note

See each.

Usage

See everyone

Word History and Origins

Origin of no one¹

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

Intelligence community, which Gabbard claims has put her on a secret domestic terrorist watch list which no one can confirm.

From Salon

But my dream Sunday is sleeping in at least until 8 a.m. and having my coffee by myself with no one bothering me.

From Los Angeles Times

To this day, no one has ever explained what cryptocurrencies are useful for, other than paying ransom to crooks holding databases or computer systems hostage.

From Los Angeles Times

The lawsuits underscore what FTX’s current CEO, John J. Ray III, told federal Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in March, rebutting Bankman-Fried’s assertion that no one lost money in the FTX collapse.

From Los Angeles Times

Strewn throughout the bone bed are massive relics of something no one can quite identify, a mysterious dinosaur more numerous and better preserved than any other animal.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• nobody