pron · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈɛn.i.bɒd.i/
UK:/ˈɛn.i.bə.di/
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/ˈɛn.i.bʌ.di/stressed form, US
/ˈɛn.i.bɑd.i/stressed form, US
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US, unstressed:/ˈɛn.i.bə.di/
CMU ARPABET:EH1 N IY0 B AH0 D IY0
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
pron
Meaning 1
Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Anybody will do.
Is there anybody inside?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
pron
Meaning 2
A person of some consideration or standing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Examples
Everybody who wants to be anybody will come to Jake's party.
Here one isn't anybody, if one doesn't dance like Travolta.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Middle English ani-bodi, anybodi, eny body. By surface analysis, any + body.
Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Bulgarian:
важна клечка
(važna klečka)
— (colloquial) a person of consideration or standing
Finnish:
joku
— (colloquial) a person of consideration or standing
Finnish:
kukaan
— (colloquial) a person of consideration or standing
German:
jemand
— (colloquial) a person of consideration or standing
German:
wer
— (colloquial) a person of consideration or standing
Italian:
qualcuno
— (colloquial) a person of consideration or standing
Central Kurdish:
کەس
(kes)
— (colloquial) a person of consideration or standing
Portuguese:
alguém
— (colloquial) a person of consideration or standing
Russian:
больша́я ши́шка
(bolʹšája šíška)
— (colloquial) a person of consideration or standing
Russian:
ва́жная пти́ца
(vážnaja ptíca)
— (colloquial) a person of consideration or standing
Russian:
ва́жная персо́на
(vážnaja persóna)
— (colloquial) a person of consideration or standing
Russian:
ва́жное лицо́
(vážnoje licó)
— (colloquial) a person of consideration or standing
Russian:
ши́шка
(šíška)
— (colloquial) a person of consideration or standing
Spanish:
alguien
— (colloquial) a person of consideration or standing
