nobody

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

pronoun

1. no person; not anyone; no one:

   Nobody answered, so I hung up.

noun

, plural no·bod·ies.

1. a person of no importance, influence, or power.

nobody

/ ˈnəʊbədɪ /

pronoun

1. no person; no-one

noun

1. an insignificant person

Usage

See everyone

Word History and Origins

Origin of nobody¹

First recorded 1300–50; Middle English; no ², body

Idioms and Phrases

• like crazy (nobody's business)

Example Sentences

There was nobody that I read who was like, “This is just… whatever.”

From The 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.

From The Daily Beast

If nobody on the outside will send Teresa money, should she learn a prison hustle?

From The Daily Beast

Unlike the characters he plays, men who came from nowhere and, as he himself puts it, “go home to nobody.”

From The Daily Beast

Nobody terrified audiences with a smile as well as Lee Marvin.

From The Daily Beast

He was aware that his act by this time, had helped nobody, had made no one happy or satisfied—not even himself.

From Project Gutenberg

When you engaged yourself to the young woman you were poor and a nobody, and the step was perhaps excusable.

From Project Gutenberg

Nobody else wanted Hugh Egerton's society, and he began to believe that this girl sincerely did want it.

From Project Gutenberg

And since nobody answered, Jolly Robin seemed to think he had silenced Mrs. Robin—for once.

From Project Gutenberg

Please understand that nobody here had the least intention of playing a trick upon you!

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• nothing