Definitions for Somebody
ˈsʌmˌbɒd i, -ˌbʌd i, -bə disome·body

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.7 / 3 votes

1. person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soulnoun

   a human being

   "there was too much for one person to do"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. somebodynoun

   A recognised person, a celebrity.

   I'm tired of being a nobody - I want to be a somebody.

2. somebodypronoun

   Some unspecified person.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Somebodynoun

   Etymology: some and body.

   1. One; not nobody; a person indiscriminate and undetermined.

   O that sir John were come, he would make this a bloody day to somebody. William Shakespeare, Henry IV.

   Jesus said somebody hath touched me; for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me. Lu. viii. 46.

   If there be a tacit league, it is against somewhat or somebody: who should they be? Is it against wild beasts? No. It is against such routs and shoals of people as have utterly degenerated from the laws of nature. Francis Bacon.

   We must draw in somebody, that may stand
   ’Twixt us and danger. John Denham, Sophy.

   The hopes that what he has must come to somebody, and that he has no heirs, have that effect, that he has every day three or four invitations. Joseph Addison, Spectator.

   2. A person of consideration.

   Theudas rose up, boasting himself to be somebody. Acts v.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Somebodynoun

   a person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person

2. Somebodynoun

   a person of consideration or importance

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Somebody' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3119

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Somebody' in Written Corpus Frequency: #268

How to pronounce Somebody?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Somebody in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Somebody in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Somebody in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Somebody in a Sentence

1. Connie Hedegaard:

   People (in Denmark) think it makes a difference what you do, and it makes a difference whether you do something or not. You're not sitting passively waiting for somebody else, or for the politicians, to do it. That is something that hopefully could inspire others.

2. Donald Trump:

   Somebody could come and say 30 years ago, 25 years ago, 10 years ago, five years ago, The President did a horrible thing to me. The President did this, The President did that, The President did that and, honestly, it's a very dangerous period in our country.

3. Bikram Choudhury:

   I have nothing against them. I don't think they're bad people. It's not them saying that, they are influenced by somebody.

4. Volodymyr Zelensky:

   But even if you listen to the very good conversation that I had, a very, very good, no-pressure, congenial conversation with the new President of Ukraine, he had some things that were not flattering to say about Marie Yovanovitch from her job. And that came out of the -- out of the blue, so, you know, it would be nice to have somebody that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky liked, because Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's going -- the person will have to deal with the President of Ukraine.

5. William Spriggs:

   The racial wealth gap is the accumulation of advantage, wealth is savings in many forms. It could be in assets like homes, stock, land and many those things don't go away. When somebody amasses that it just keeps being passed forward and the children are standing on somebody's financial shoulders.

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