Somebody
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsʌmbˌɒdi/ · Part of speech pronoun
Quick meaning: Somebody is a pronoun meaning Some unspecified person.
Meaning
Some unspecified person.
More Meanings
- Any person.
- A recognised or important person, a celebrity.
Example Sentences
Somebody has to clean this mess up.
I'm tired of being a nobody – I want to be a somebody.
So there, I know, was somebody or a combination of somebodys who did not know what the heck they were doing or dealing with.
In the nature of things a good many somebodies are always in hospital, and the law of averages had picked on me to be one of them a week or so before.
Word Forms
- some body
- some-body
- somebuddy
- sombuddy
- sombudy
- somebodies
- somebodys
Synonyms for somebody
Depending on context, synonyms include someone, soul, individual, mortal, human, person.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include person, soul, individual, mortal, someone, human.
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