Nobody

/ˈnəʊ.bɒd.i/ · pronoun

Meaning

Not any person; the logical negation of somebody..

Definitions by Sense

1. Not any person; the logical negation of somebody.
2. (informal) A person dismissed as unimportant.
3. Something that has no body or an especially small one.

Example Sentences

I asked several people, but nobody knew how.

As nobody who is not blind can have failed to notice, I had my hair cut just yesterday.

Nobody phoned, did they?

“‘The nobody you once thought me!’ I repeated, and my face grew a little hot; but I would not be angry: of what importance was a school-girl’s crude use of the terms nobody and somebody?”

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Related Words

Word Forms

• no body
• nobuddy
• nobudy
• nobodies

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