nobody

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Etymology

From Middle English nobody, no-body, no body.

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈnəʊ.bə.di/, /ˈnəʊ.bɒd.i/
• (America) IPA: /ˈnoʊ.bə.di/, /ˈnoʊˌbʌd.i/, /ˈnoʊ.bɑ.di/

Pronoun

1. Not any person; the logical negation of somebody.

   I asked several people, but nobody knew how.

   As nobody who is not blind can have failed to notice, I had my hair cut just yesterday.

Synonyms

• no one, small fry, small potatoes

Antonyms

• anybody, anyone
• everybody, everyone
• somebody, someone

Related terms

• anybody
• everybody
• somebody
• nofuckingbody
• nothing
• nowhere

Noun

nobody (plural nobodies)

1. Someone who is not important or well-known.
2. Something that has no body or an especially small one.

Related terms

• nonentity

Translations

• French: quidam, moins-que-rien (often offensive), nullité (derogatory), sous-merde (offensive, vulgar), nul (derogatory), zéro (derogatory)
• German: Niemand
• Italian: nessuno, nullità, zero assoluto, uomo da niente
• Portuguese: joão-ninguém, zé-ninguém, ninguém, nulidade
• Russian: ничто́жество
• Spanish: don nadie, pelagatos, andoba, el último mono, cero absoluto

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