noun
Meaning 1
Any person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
somebody
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈsʌmbˌɒdi/
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UK: /ˈsʌmˌbədi/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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/ˈsʌmbˌʌdi/ stressed form, US
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/ˈsʌmˌbɑdi/ stressed form, US
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US, unstressed: /ˈsʌmˌbədi/
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CMU ARPABET: S AH1 M B AA2 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: S AH1 M B AH0 D IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A recognised or important person, a celebrity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I'm tired of being a nobody – I want to be a somebody.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
pron
Meaning 3
Some unspecified person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Somebody has to clean this mess up.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
pron
Meaning 4
Synonym of someone; an important person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He could have been somebody!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: someone
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a human being
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- there was too much for one person to do
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: person, individual, someone, mortal, soul
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: organism, being, causal agent, cause, causal agency
Narrower terms: self, adult, grownup, adventurer, venturer, anomaly, unusual person, applicant, applier, appointee, appointment, capitalist, captor, capturer, changer, modifier, color-blind person, commoner, common man, common person, communicator, contestant, coward, creator, disputant, controversialist, eristic, engineer, applied scientist, technologist, entertainer, experimenter, expert, face, female, female person, individualist, inhabitant, habitant, dweller, denizen, indweller, native, indigen, indigene, aborigine, aboriginal, innocent, inexperienced person, intellectual, intellect, juvenile, juvenile person, lover, loved one, leader, male, male person, money handler, money dealer, national, subject, nonreligious person, nonworker, peer, equal, match, compeer, perceiver, percipient, observer, beholder, percher, precursor, forerunner, primitive, primitive person, religious person, sensualist, traveler, traveller, unfortunate, unfortunate person, unwelcome person, persona non grata, unskilled person, worker, African, person of color, person of colour, Black, Black person, blackamoor, Negro, Negroid, White, White person, Caucasian, Amerindian, Native American, Slav, gentile, Jew, Hebrew, Israelite, Aries, Ram, Taurus, Bull, Gemini, Twin, Cancer, Crab, Leo, Lion, Virgo, Virgin, Libra, Balance, Scorpio, Scorpion, Sagittarius, Archer, Capricorn, Goat, Aquarius, Water Bearer, Pisces, Fish, abator, abjurer, abomination, abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker, achiever, winner, success, succeeder, acquaintance, friend, acquirer, active, actor, doer, adjudicator, admirer, adoptee, adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister, advisee, advocate, advocator, proponent, exponent, affiant, agnostic, doubter, amateur, ancient, anti, anti-American, apprehender, appreciator, archaist, arrogator, assessee, asthmatic, authority, autodidact, baby boomer, boomer, baby buster, buster, bad guy, bad person, baldhead, baldpate, baldy, balker, baulker, noncompliant, bullfighter, toreador, bather, beard, bedfellow, bereaved, bereaved person, best, topper, birth, biter, blogger, blond, blonde, bluecoat, bodybuilder, muscle builder, muscle-builder, musclebuilder, muscleman, bomber, brunet, brunette, candidate, prospect, case, cashier, celebrant, celebrator, celebrater, censor, chameleon, charmer, beguiler, child, baby, chutzpanik, closer, clumsy person, collector, aggregator, combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper, complexifier, compulsive, computer user, contemplative, convert, copycat, imitator, emulator, ape, aper, counter, counterterrorist, crawler, creeper, creature, wight, creditor, cripple, dancer, social dancer, dead person, dead soul, deceased person, deceased, decedent, departed, deaf person, debaser, degrader, debtor, debitor, defecator, voider, shitter, delayer, deliverer, demander, dieter, differentiator, discriminator, disentangler, unraveler, unraveller, dissenter, dissident, protester, objector, divider, domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent, double, image, look-alike, dresser, dribbler, driveller, slobberer, drooler, drug user, substance abuser, user, dyslectic, ectomorph, effecter, effector, Elizabethan, emotional person, endomorph, enjoyer, enrollee, ethnic, explorer, extrovert, extravert, faddist, faller, fastener, fiduciary, first-rater, follower, free agent, free spirit, freewheeler, fugitive, runaway, fleer, gainer, weight gainer, gambler, gatekeeper, gatherer, good guy, good person, granter, greeter, saluter, welcomer, grinner, groaner, grunter, guesser, handicapped person, hater, heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person, straight, homosexual, homophile, homo, gay, homunculus, hope, hoper, huddler, hugger, immune, insured, insured person, interpreter, introvert, Jat, jewel, gem, jumper, junior, killer, slayer, relative, relation, kink, kneeler, knocker, knower, large person, Latin, laugher, learner, scholar, assimilator, left-hander, lefty, southpaw, life, lightning rod, linguist, polyglot, literate, literate person, liver, longer, thirster, yearner, loose cannon, machine, mailer, malcontent, man, manipulator, man jack, married, masturbator, onanist, measurer, nonmember, mesomorph, mestizo, ladino, middlebrow, miracle man, miracle worker, misogamist, mixed-blood, modern, monolingual, mother hen, mouse, mutilator, maimer, mangler, namer, namesake, neglecter, neighbor, neighbour, neutral, nondescript, nonparticipant, nonpartisan, nonpartizan, nonperson, unperson, nonresident, nonsmoker, nude, nude person, nurser, occultist, optimist, orphan, ostrich, ouster, ejector, outcaste, outdoorsman, owner, possessor, pamperer, spoiler, coddler, mollycoddler, pansexual, pardoner, forgiver, excuser, partner, party, passer, personage, personification, perspirer, sweater, philosopher, picker, chooser, selector, pisser, urinator, planner, contriver, deviser, player, posturer, powderer, preserver, propositus, public relations person, pursuer, pussycat, quarter, quitter, radical, realist, rectifier, redhead, redheader, red-header, carrottop, registrant, reliever, allayer, comforter, repeater, rescuer, recoverer, saver, rester, restrainer, controller, revenant, rich person, wealthy person, have, right-hander, right hander, righthander, riser, romper, roundhead, ruler, swayer, rusher, scientist, scratcher, second-rater, mediocrity, seeder, cloud seeder, seeker, searcher, quester, segregate, sentimentalist, romanticist, sex object, sex symbol, shaker, mover and shaker, showman, signer, signatory, simpleton, simple, six-footer, skidder, slider, slipper, slave, sleepyhead, sloucher, small person, smasher, smiler, sneezer, sniffer, sniffler, sniveler, snuffer, snuffler, socializer, socialiser, sort, sounding board, sphinx, spitter, expectorator, sport, sprawler, spurner, squinter, squint-eye, stifler, smotherer, stigmatic, stigmatist, stooper, stranger, struggler, guinea pig, supernumerary, surrenderer, yielder, survivalist, survivor, suspect, tagger, tapper, tempter, termer, terror, scourge, threat, testator, testate, thin person, skin and bones, scrag, third-rater, thrower, tiger, totemist, toucher, transfer, transferee, transsexual, transexual, transvestite, cross-dresser, trier, attempter, essayer, turner, tyrant, undoer, opener, unfastener, untier, vanisher, victim, dupe, Victorian, visionary, visually impaired person, waiter, waker, walk-in, wanter, needer, ward, warrior, watcher, weakling, doormat, wuss, weasel, wiggler, wriggler, squirmer, winker, withholder, witness, worldling, yawner
History
Etymology
From Middle English sum body, equivalent to some + body.
Across languages
Translations
105 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: أَحَد (ʔaḥad) — some unspecified person
- Arabic: as a subject — some unspecified person
- Arabic: شي حد (ši ḥadd) — some unspecified person
- Arabic: شي واحد (ši wāḥed) — some unspecified person
- Armenian: մեկը (mekə) — some unspecified person
- Asturian: daquién — some unspecified person
- Azerbaijani: kimsə — some unspecified person
- Belarusian: хто́сьці (xtósʹci) — some unspecified person
- Belarusian: хтось (xtosʹ) — some unspecified person
- Belarusian: не́хта (njéxta) — some unspecified person
- Bulgarian: някой (njakoj) — some unspecified person
- Burmese: တစ်ယောက်ယောက် (tacyauk-yauk) — some unspecified person
- Burmese: တစ်စုံတစ်ယောက် (taccumtacyauk) — some unspecified person
- Catalan: algú — some unspecified person
- Chamicuro: ana'shanaye — some unspecified person
- Chinese Mandarin: 有人 (yǒurén) — some unspecified person
- Chinese Mandarin: 某人 (mǒurén) — some unspecified person
- Cornish: nebonan — some unspecified person
- Czech: někdo — some unspecified person
- Dalmatian: čertjoin — some unspecified person
- Danish: nogen — some unspecified person
- Dutch: iemand — some unspecified person
- Erzya: конаяк (konajak) — some unspecified person
- Esperanto: iu — some unspecified person
- Faroese: onkur — some unspecified person
- Finnish: joku — some unspecified person
- French: quelqu'un — some unspecified person
- Galician: alguén — some unspecified person
- Georgian: ვიღაც (viɣac) — some unspecified person
- Georgian: ვინმე (vinme) — some unspecified person
- German: jemand — some unspecified person
- German: einer — some unspecified person
- German: wer — some unspecified person
- Greek: κάποιος (kápoios) — some unspecified person
- Ancient Greek: τις (tis) — some unspecified person
- Hebrew: מִישֶׁהוּ (míshehu) — some unspecified person
- Hindi: कोई (koī) — some unspecified person
- Hungarian: valaki — some unspecified person
- Icelandic: einhver — some unspecified person
- Interlingua: alicuno — some unspecified person
- Interlingua: alcuno — some unspecified person
- Italian: qualcuno — some unspecified person
- Japanese: 誰か (dareka) — some unspecified person
- Japanese: 或る人 (aru hito) — some unspecified person
- Kapampangan: ninuman — some unspecified person
- Kapampangan: ninuka — some unspecified person
- Kapampangan: ninuya — some unspecified person
- Kapampangan: ninula — some unspecified person
- Kapampangan: ating tau — some unspecified person
- Kazakh: біреу (bıreu) — some unspecified person
- Korean: 누군가 (nugun'ga) — some unspecified person
- Korean: 어떤 사람 (eotteon saram) — some unspecified person
- Ladin: zachei — some unspecified person
- Latin: aliquis — some unspecified person
- Latin: aliquid — some unspecified person
- Latvian: kāds — some unspecified person
- Lithuanian: kažkas — some unspecified person
- Macedonian: некој (nekoj) — some unspecified person
- Eastern Mari: кӧ (kö) — some unspecified person
- Eastern Mari: ала-кӧ (ala-kö) — some unspecified person
- Eastern Mari: иктаж (iktaž) — some unspecified person
- Mirandese: alguien — some unspecified person
- Norman: tchitch'un — some unspecified person
- Norwegian Bokmål: noen — some unspecified person
- Norwegian Nynorsk: einkvan — some unspecified person
- Norwegian Nynorsk: eikor — some unspecified person
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nokon — some unspecified person
- Old English: sum mann — some unspecified person
- Old English: sum — some unspecified person
- Old Prussian: aīnunts — some unspecified person
- Persian: کسی (kasi) — some unspecified person
- Polish: ktoś — some unspecified person
- Portuguese: alguém — some unspecified person
- Romanian: cineva — some unspecified person
- Russian: кто́-то (któ-to) — some unspecified person
- Russian: кто-нибу́дь (kto-nibúdʹ) — some unspecified person
- Russian: не́кто (nékto) — some unspecified person
- Russian: кто-ли́бо (kto-líbo) — some unspecified person
- Russian: кое-кто́ (koje-któ) — some unspecified person
- Scottish Gaelic: cuideigin — some unspecified person
- Scottish Gaelic: duin'-eigin — some unspecified person
- Scottish Gaelic: feareigin — some unspecified person
- Scottish Gaelic: tè-eigin — some unspecified person
- Serbo-Croatian: неко — some unspecified person
- Serbo-Croatian: нетко — some unspecified person
- Serbo-Croatian: neko — some unspecified person
- Serbo-Croatian: netko — some unspecified person
- Slovak: niekto — some unspecified person
- Slovak: dakto — some unspecified person
- Slovak: voľakto — some unspecified person
- Slovak: ktosi — some unspecified person
- Slovene: nekdó — some unspecified person
- Spanish: alguien — some unspecified person
- Swedish: någon — some unspecified person
- Thai: บางคน (baang-kon) — some unspecified person
- Turkish: kimse — some unspecified person
- Ukrainian: хтось (xtosʹ) — some unspecified person
- Ukrainian: хто-не́будь (xto-nébudʹ) — some unspecified person
- Ukrainian: де́хто (déxto) — some unspecified person
- Urdu: کوئی (koī) — some unspecified person
- Vietnamese: ai đó — some unspecified person
- Walloon: ene sakî — some unspecified person
- Walloon: kéconk — some unspecified person
- Welsh: rhywun — some unspecified person
- Yiddish: עמעצער (emetser) — some unspecified person
Real reading context