nobody
/ˈnoʊ.bə.di/
pronounnoun
Not any person; the logical negation of somebody.
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Pronoun 1 meaning
Not any person; the logical negation of somebody.
“I asked several people, but nobody knew how.”
Noun 2 meanings
A person dismissed as unimportant.
Something that has no body or an especially small one.
Where it comes from
Etymology
From Middle English nobody, no-body, no body. By surface analysis, no (“none, not any”, adjective) + body (“one, person, individual”).
Similar and opposite words
NOBODY at a glance
NOBODY has 6 letters and scores 12 points in Scrabble (N 1 + O 1 + B 3 + O 1 + D 2 + Y 4) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,161 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with nobody
All rhymes- BODY10
- EVERYBODY21
- SOMEBODY16
- ANYBODY16
- BLOODY12
- CUSTODY13
- WOODY12
- MELODY12
- PARODY12
- MOODY11
- ANTIBODY14
- EMBODY14
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