SOMEBODY DEFINITIONS - 11 definitions found
somebody n 1: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do" [syn: person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul] somebody - ayar Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) somebody I. pronoun Date: 14th century one or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity <somebody will come in> II. noun Date: circa 1566 a person of position or importance Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary somebody Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. Somebody means the same as someone. PRON English Explanatory Dictionary somebody ˈsʌmbədɪ pron. & n. --pron. some person. --n. (pl. -ies) a person of importance (is really somebody now). Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Somebody \Some"bod*y\, n. 1. A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person. Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me. --Luke viii. 46. We must draw in somebody that may stand ``Twixt us and danger.'' --Denham. 2. A person of consideration or importance. Before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody. --Acts v. 36. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms somebody n. 1. One, some, person, some one. 2. Something, a person of consequence. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) somebody ˈsʌmbədɪ pron. 1 one, someone, some person: There must be somebody who will take you to the dance. --n. 2 personage, celebrity, dignitary, VIP, luminary, notable, star, superstar, Colloq hotshot, bigwig, big wheel, big gun, big noise, big White Chief, big Daddy, big Chief, big-timer; hot stuff; Old-fashioned big cheese; US Mr Big: He must be a somebody to merit such treatment. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 106 Moby Thesaurus words for "somebody": Adamite, Establishment, VIP, baron, being, big cheese, big gun, big man, big name, big noise, big wheel, big-timer, bigwig, body, brass, brass hat, cat, celebrity, chap, character, constellation, creature, customer, cynosure, dignitary, dignity, duck, earthling, elder, father, fellow, figure, folk hero, galaxy, great man, groundling, guy, hand, head, heavyweight, hero, heroine, high-muck-a-muck, homo, hotshot, human, human being, idol, immortal, important person, individual, interests, joker, leader, life, lion, living soul, lords of creation, luminaries, luminary, magnate, man, man of mark, master spirit, mogul, mortal, nabob, name, nose, notability, notable, one, panjandrum, party, person, person of note, person of renown, personage, personality, pillar of society, pleiad, pop hero, popular hero, popular idol, power, power elite, public figure, ruling circle, sachem, single, social lion, someone, something, soul, star, superstar, tellurian, terran, the great, the top, top brass, top people, tycoon, very important person, worldling, worthy |
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