no-names

noun

plural of no-name
as in nobodies

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  1. nobodies
  2. lightweights
  3. insects
  4. mediocrities
  5. nonentities
  6. whippersnappers
Noun
  • Yvonne and Nick’s disastrous wedding dinner is the day the cast went from nobodies to actual practitioners of the reality-television arts and sciences.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 July 2026
  • Despite the tragicomic instability and the rotating cast of nobodies temporarily tasked with running the country, when seen in macroeconomic terms, Peru appears to be doing just fine, thank you.
    — Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Definition of nobodies
Noun
  • Jupiter, by comparison, is as much as 35 times denser than these two lightweights.
    — Marcia Dunn, Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2026
  • Jupiter, by comparison, is as much as 35 times denser than these two lightweights.
    — Marcia Dunn, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 June 2026
Definition of lightweights
Noun
  • Leaving Bare Soil While occasional empty spots can benefit ground-nesting insects, too much bare soil in your garden can lead to erosion, compaction, and water runoff, not to mention plenty of weed growth.
    — Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 July 2026
  • In addition to pest control services, Orkin also provides some general home maintenance services, most of which serve as part of an integrated pest management (IPM) program to help keep insects and other unwanted guests out of your home.
    — Dan Simms, USA Today, 11 July 2026
Definition of insects
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  • Congress’s lower chamber has always contained its share of mediocrities.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
  • These two 6-6 mediocrities are battling for first place in the AFC North.
    — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 5 Dec. 2025
Definition of mediocrities
Noun
  • All Dickens heroes are complete nonentities who know 217 wacky people.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of nonentities
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  • The young whippersnappers in their nice Manhattan apartments see the COVID-19 pandemic as simply one more roadblock between them and hooking up.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 2 June 2026
  • More, the coaches of the last three title-winning teams (Florida’s Todd Golden and Hurley) all come from the current crop of whippersnappers, as do the leaders of each 1-seed in this tourney.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of whippersnappers
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“No-names.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/no-names. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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