somebody

noun

Definition of somebodynext
as in celebrity
a person who is widely known and usually much talked about a small-town girl who hopes to become a somebody someday

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Recent Examples of somebody Over the decades, amateurs have beaten pros, nobodies have beaten somebodies. — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024 That’s good, Joan, because there are 24 potential somebodies headed to the Bachelor mansion right now to meet you. — Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 Sep. 2024 If the Warriors add Markkanen or any player at that kind of salary, somebody, or multiple somebodies, would eventually have to go. — Tim Kawakami, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024 Somebody — or multiple somebodies, starting with casting directors Angelique Midthunder and Jennifer Schwalenberg — had to find the show’s four stars. — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Sep. 2023 See All Example Sentences for somebody
Recent Examples of Synonyms for somebody
  1. celebrity
  2. star
  3. personality
  4. name
Noun
  • Hilton, born Mario Lavandeira, gained fame after launching his highly popular gossip website in the early Aughts and garnered notoriety for his unapologetic and often controversial take on celebrities’ lives.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Opposition leaders, rights activists and some Bollywood celebrities publicly backed the movement, helping amplify its message beyond the protest sites.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of celebrity
Noun
  • Tim Graef's golden retriever, River, could have been a star in the new film, but didn't make it past the application process.
    — Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Her work continued below the arc, scoring against 6-6 star Jonquel Jones and the much taller 6-11 Han Xu.
    — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of star
Noun
  • The genre, with its sanitized storylines and Oscar-baiting pretensions, seems fundamentally at odds with the iconoclastic chef and television personality.
    — Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The singer and internet personality is attached to lead a series in development at Disney Channel and Disney+.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of personality
Noun
  • But most new shows aren’t The Shards, adapted from Bret Easton Ellis’s 2023 autofiction novel of the same name.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2026
  • So the professional bodybuilder, now 39, started putting some of his savings into popular US tech stocks — names like Google, Apple and Nvidia.
    — Stephanie Yang, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of name

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“Somebody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/somebody. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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