pronoun / noun
nobody
NOH-buh-dee/ˈnəʊbədi/
Not any person.
There is nobody in the meeting room, just empty chairs.
Etymology
Body extended from a person's physical frame to the person as a whole. Combined with no meaning “not any,” it gives “not any person,” rather than referring merely to an absence of physical bodies.
In context
yes we have rules that nobody's following because they all think they're gone
More examples
- Nobody knows where I left my keys.
- I knock twice, but nobody answers.
- Nobody else wants the last slice of pizza.
- The wealthy guests treat us like nobodies.
Forms
nobody · nobodies
Similar words
- no one
- Means the same thing but is written as two words.
- none
- Can exclude people or things from a previously mentioned group.