Definition of NOBODY

nobody

Plural: nobodies

Noun

  • A person of no importance or influence.
  • a person of no influence
  • Someone who is not important or well-known.
  • Something that has no body or an especially small one.

Pron

  • Not any person; the logical negation of somebody.

Examples

  • As nobody who is not blind can have failed to notice, I had my hair cut just yesterday.
  • He felt like a NOBODY when his impressive word was challenged and proven invalid.
  • I asked several people, but nobody knew how.
  • Nobody phoned, did they?

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English nobody, no-body, no body. By surface analysis, no (“none, not any”, adjective) + body (“one, person, individual”).

Synonyms

cipher, cypher, nonentity, no one, small fry, small potatoes

Scrabble Score: 12

nobody: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
nobody: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
nobody: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

nobody: valid Words With Friends Word