nobodypronoun
uk/ˈnəʊ.bə.di//ˈnəʊ.bɒd.i/us/ˈnoʊ.bɑː.di/also no oneA2 not anyone:
Is there nobody here who can answer my question?
I saw nobody all morning.
Nobody agreed with me.
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- There was nobody behind the counter when I went into the bank, and I had to wait to be served.
- The whole conference was totally disorganized - nobody knew what they were supposed to be doing.
- I phoned last night but nobody answered.
- When the two hours were up nobody had answered all of the questions.
- There was nobody left who would do it.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Someone, anyone, no one or everyone
- across-the-board
- all and sundry idiom
- all comers
- anybody
- anyone
- fool
- man
- no one
- one
- one and all idiom
- one-size-fits-all
- people
- sb
- sundry
- the SBS
- the whole lot idiom
- the world and his wife idiom
- to a man idiom
- whole
- world
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nobodynoun [ C ]
uk/ˈnəʊ.bə.di//ˈnəʊ.bɒd.i/us/ˈnoʊ.bɑː.di/someone who is not important:
He's just some nobody trying to get noticed by the press.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
People of little importance
- a cog in a/the machine idiom
- be past your sell-by date idiom
- cannon fodder
- cipher
- inferior
- lightweight
- mediocrity
- minnow
- nothing
- past
- pipsqueak
- plaything
- poor
- poor relation idiom
- pygmy
- small fry
- waste
- waste of space idiom
- waster
- worm
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