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nobody en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • (UK) audio
  • /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

  1. (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:
  2. Something that has no body or an especially small one.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
no body alternative, obsolete lexicographic
nobuddy alternative, pronunciation-spelling lexicographic
nobodies Number=Plur lexicographic
nobudy alternative, pronunciation-spelling lexicographic

Deriveds

nobody crab · no-body crab

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)

nobody en · PRON

Pronunciation

  • (UK) audio
  • (UK) audio
  • /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

  1. Not any person; the logical negation of somebody.
    • As nobody who is not blind can have failed to notice, I had my hair cut just yesterday.
    • Nobody phoned, did they?
    • I asked several people, but nobody knew how.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
nobudy alternative, pronunciation-spelling lexicographic
no body alternative, obsolete lexicographic
nobuddy alternative, pronunciation-spelling lexicographic

Antonyms

someone · anybody · anyone · somebody · everyone · everybody

Deriveds

nobodiness · nobody's fool · nobody ever went broke underestimating the good taste of the American public · nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public · on the Internet nobody knows you're a dog · nobody's · nobody ever went broke underestimating the good taste of the American people · like nobody's business · like it's nobody's business · like nobody's watching · nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public · nobody ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people · it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good · nobodaddy · nobody's perfect · nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people · the lights are on but nobody's home · like nobody else

Relateds

nowhere · anybody · somebody · nothing · everybody · nofuckingbody

Synonyms

small potatoes · small fry · no one