somebody
/ˈsʌmˌbədi/
pronounnoun
Some unspecified person.
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Pronoun 2 meanings
Some unspecified person.
“Somebody has to clean this mess up.”
Synonym of someone; an important person.
“He could have been somebody!”
Noun 2 meanings
Any person.
A recognised or important person, a celebrity.
“I'm tired of being a nobody – I want to be a somebody.”
Where it comes from
Etymology
From Middle English sum body, equivalent to some + body.
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SOMEBODY at a glance
SOMEBODY has 8 letters and scores 16 points in Scrabble (S 1 + O 1 + M 3 + E 1 + B 3 + O 1 + D 2 + Y 4) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,629 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with somebody
All rhymes- BODY10
- NOBODY12
- EVERYBODY21
- ANYBODY16
- BLOODY12
- CUSTODY13
- WOODY12
- MELODY12
- PARODY12
- MOODY11
- ANTIBODY14
- EMBODY14
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- HOMEBODY19
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