nobody
pronoun
-ˌbä-\
Definition of nobody
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nobody
nounDefinition of nobody (Entry 2 of 2)
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Synonyms & Antonyms for nobody
Synonyms: Pronoun
Synonyms: Noun
cipher, dwarf, half-pint, insect, insignificancy, lightweight, morsel, nonentity, nothing, nullity, number, pip-squeak, pygmy (also pigmy), shrimp, snippersnapper, twerp, whippersnapper, zero, zilch
Antonyms: Pronoun
Antonyms: Noun
big shot, big wheel, bigwig, eminence, figure, kahuna, kingpin, magnate, nabob, personage, somebody, VIP
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Examples of nobody in a Sentence
Pronoun
Nobody could answer my question. I guess I'll have to volunteer because it's clear nobody else will.Noun
He was a nobody in high school. tired of feeling like a nobody, she decided to launch her own business
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Don't compare your weight loss journey to anyone else's — everyone loses weight at their own pace, and nobody’s experience is quite the same. — Isabel Garcia, Woman's Day, "10 Tips to Help You Conquer a Weight Loss Plateau," 10 Jan. 2019 While 15 or 20 minutes seems relatively quick for, say, a dinner recipe, nobody has that kind of time on most mornings. — Alexa Tucker, SELF, "23 High-Protein Breakfasts Ready in 5 Minutes or Less," 6 Jan. 2019 But nobody is trying to drill through the eastern Antarctic ice shelf, and a probe will have to prepare for an ice sheet possibly quadrupled in depth. — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, "A Nuclear Tunneling Worm Could Help Us Find Out What's Beneath Europa's Ice," 17 Dec. 2018 So people increasingly found out, but nobody had a solution for you. — Eric Johnson, Recode, "Full Q&A: ‘Dear America’ author Jose Antonio Vargas on Recode Decode," 24 Nov. 2018 While technically the joke is about credit card scams, nobody was seriously trying to get sensitive information for personal gain. — Patricia Hernandez, The Verge, "Internet rallies around VoiceoverPete after he gets booted from Fiverr," 9 Nov. 2018 Extremism has exploded on the Left and nobody is trying to contain it. — Fox News, "New evidence of political bias at Google; gender politics at play in Michigan Senate race," 21 Sep. 2018 Tonya says that nobody knew where her younger brother was. — Bianca Hillier, NBC News, "Family offers reward for Max Greenfield of Oregon, last seen in March at California casino," 10 July 2018 The league set this trap for itself believing that nobody ever would have any reason to spring it. — Charles P. Pierce, SI.com, "Trump Has Made the NFL His Punching Bag. The League’s Best Response Is Defiance," 9 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nobody.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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nobody
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of nobody (Entry 2 of 2)
: someone who is not important or has no influence
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nobody
pronoun
-bə-dē\
Kids Definition of nobody
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