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somebody

/ˈsʌmˌbədi/noun3 syllables

Somebody means: a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential.

Synonyms for somebody5

noun, as in a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential

person, individual, someone, mortal, soul

What does somebody mean?1

noun

1

a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential“there was too much for one person to do”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Somebody in a sentence

  • Oh, you seem to have mistaken me for somebody who gives a shit!unknown
  • We use words to tell somebody something, that is, to communicate.unknown
  • Admittedly, this is an unrewarding task, but somebody has got to deal with it.PeterR
  • If he doesn't accept the job, somebody else will.CK
  • He thinks he is somebody, but actually he is nobody.Jesse
  • Why, is somebody going to be mean to me or something?flipback
  • You have somebody you can talk to, don't you?CK
  • He thinks he is somebody, but really he is nobody.shanghainese

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of somebody

as a noun

plural
somebodies