nobody en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈnəʊ.bɒd.i/ stressed form, UK
- (US) audio
- /ˈnoʊ.bɑ.di/ stressed form, US
- /ˈnoʊ.bə.di/ (US, unstressed)
- /ˈnəʊ.bə.di/ stressed form, UK
- /ˈnoʊˌbʌd.i/ stressed form, US
Etymology
From Middle English nobody, no-body, no body. By surface analysis, no (“none, not any”, adjective) + body (“one, person, individual”).
Meanings
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(informal) A person dismissed as unimportant.
“‘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?”
1835, Charlotte Brontë, chapter XXVII, in Villette:
- Something that has no body or an especially small one.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| no body | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic | |
| nobuddy | alternative, pronunciation-spelling | lexicographic | |
| nobodies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| nobudy | alternative, pronunciation-spelling | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
wankstain · badling · losel · fritlag · absolute zero · ramp · gooey · unworthy · zero · crumb · nonentity · good-for-nothing · nought · fellow · slubberdegullion · zero · douchebag · no-mark · truant · blatherskite · underperson · no-good · ne'er-do-well · shitheap · nowmun · pig dog · nobody · cipher · hoon · roly-poly · punk · good-for-naught · toerag · lidderon · carrion · nonce · nonentity · waste of space · assbucket · pelf · puny · sparrow-fart · maggot · drop kick · louse · quat · shicer · geek · bugger · asswipe · dirtbag · streak of piss · pile of shit · dandiprat · twerp · custron · pissant · loser · scullion · rinky-dink · cockstain · loser · fuckbucket · doink
Translations (64)
sv ingen (unimportant person) · fr nullité (unimportant person) · el πουθενάς (unimportant person) · la terrae filius (unimportant person) · pt ninguém (unimportant person) · it uomo da niente (unimportant person) · mi mōri (unimportant person) · es doña nadie (unimportant person) · gl ninguén (unimportant person) · ro nimeni (unimportant person) · ro zero (unimportant person) · el τιποτένιος (unimportant person) · es andobas (unimportant person) · nl niemand (unimportant person) · sv nolla (unimportant person) · es último mono (unimportant person) · fr sous-merde (unimportant person) · nb null (unimportant person) · mi ware (unimportant person) · hu senki (unimportant person) · es pichiruche (unimportant person) · nl schertsfiguur (unimportant person) · it zero assoluto (unimportant person) · ru ничто́жество (unimportant person) · nl nul (unimportant person) · es don nadie (unimportant person) · sh нико и ништа (unimportant person) · es andoba (unimportant person) · it nullità (unimportant person) · pt zé-ninguém (unimportant person) · fr quidam (unimportant person) · ca ningú (unimportant person) · cs nýmand (unimportant person) · es pelagatos (unimportant person) · nn null (unimportant person) · bg нищожество (unimportant person) · pt nulidade (unimportant person) · it nessuno (unimportant person) · el ασήμαντος (unimportant person) · sk niktoš (unimportant person) · fr zéro (unimportant person) · fi tuntematon (unimportant person) · sh нико (unimportant person) · da nul (unimportant person) · de Niemand (unimportant person) · fr nul (unimportant person) · cmn 無名小卒 /无名小卒 (unimportant person) · mi kurumetometo (unimportant person) · mi roromore (unimportant person) · br den ebet (unimportant person) · es andóbal (unimportant person) · es doñanadie (unimportant person) · hu nímand (unimportant person) · es pichiruchi (unimportant person) · es pelagallos (unimportant person) · es pichirruchi (unimportant person) · es pelafustán (unimportant person) · es nadie (unimportant person) · fr moins-que-rien (unimportant person) · pt joão-ninguém (unimportant person) · es donnadie (unimportant person) · es mindundi (unimportant person) · ro nulitate (unimportant person) · ga neamhdhuine (unimportant person)