Somebody

//ˈsʌmbˌʌdi// noun, pron

noun, pron ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any person.

    "In the nature of things a good many somebodies are always in hospital, and the law of averages had picked on me to be one of them a week or so before."

  2. 2
    a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential wordnet
  3. 3
    A recognised or important person, a celebrity.

    "I'm tired of being a nobody – I want to be a somebody."

Pronoun
  1. 1
    Some unspecified person.

    "Somebody has to clean this mess up."

Synonyms

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personsomeonemaster of the universeadamiteanybodybaron

Example

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"It's a pity when somebody dies."

Etymology

From Middle English sum body, equivalent to some + body.

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somebody else

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