anybody

UK /ˈɛn.i.bɒd.i/ US /ˈɛn.i.bə.di/

pron 2

Definitions

pron

Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.

Anybody will do.

Is there anybody inside?

A person of some consideration or standing.

Everybody who wants to be anybody will come to Jake's party.

Here one isn't anybody, if one doesn't dance like Travolta.

Collocations

ADJ.

absent, aware, better, inside, loved, simple

I didn't know anybody better than my childhood friend Sarah.

VERB + ANYBODY

ask, bet, don't, hear, plan, tell, wants, wasn't

I don't think anybody planned to arrive this early for the meeting.

PREP.

about, in, on

I don't think anybody on the team knew about the meeting that was cancelled yesterday.

Thesaurus

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Idioms & Phrases

everybody who is anybody

All of the people who are well-known or important, especially those who have prominent social standing.

Sir William: I'm convinced that everybody who is anybody has got to buckle to, and save the landmarks left. Unless we're true to our caste, and prepared to work for it, the landed

anybody who is anybody

Any person who is well-known or important, especially one who has prominent social standing.

Gwendolen: Personally I cannot understand how anybody manages to exist in the country, if anybody who is anybody does. The country always bores me to death.

Example Bank

Anybody will do.

Wiktionary

Is there anybody inside?

Wiktionary

Everybody who wants to be anybody will come to Jake's party.

Wiktionary

Smokers are as aware as anybody else of the disadvantages of their hobby, but manage to live with that knowledge for two main reasons.

Tatoeba · #19957

It's simple. Just ask anybody.

Tatoeba · #20961

There wasn't anybody in the house.

Tatoeba · #24161

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, anybody is marked as informal. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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