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somebody

1 1.0

A person who is not known

noun
/ˈsʌmbədi/

: alguien

Somebody left their umbrella at my house after the party.

Examples

Can you speak directly to somebody who feels stuck?
With you, I don't have to be somebody, yeah.
So the question is, how does somebody have this stuff?
So the question is how does somebody have this stuff?
Well, how can somebody not want this?
And why would somebody want want to do that?
I'm glad that that you have somebody who is supportive.
It was nice to have somebody who just didn't.
If you need help, I know somebody who can assist you.
I heard somebody singing outside my window this morning.

Synonyms

person

vssomebody

∞ 1.0

A single human being, not an animal or a thing

means an unknown or unspecified human rather than any individual human

someone

vssomebody

∞ 1.0

A person you do not know

has identical meaning but is slightly more informal in speech

so-and-so

vssomebody

Informal

8 7.7

A person whose name you do not know or remember

applies to any unknown person rather than a specific individual

whosis

vssomebody

Informal

1 9.9

A casual word for a person or thing whose name you do not know

refers only to unknown people not to objects or things

Antonyms

nobody

∞ 1.0

No person at all

How Rude

douchebag

Offensive

64 9.9

Schrödinger's douchebag

Offensive

9.9

jerk

Offensive

678 4.2

somebody

1 1.0

Surface Forms

somebody singular

somebodies plural

Morphology

somebody = some + body (transparent) = some + body

The meaning 'some person' is a direct, literal combination of 'some' + 'body' and is easily inferable by learners.

Etymology

Somebody comes from some ('a certain') + body ('person'), so it literally means 'a certain person' and is used when the person's identity is unknown or not named.