somebody
[noun]
Synonyms: celebrity, dignitary, household name, luminary, megastar (informal), name, notable, personage, star

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Antonyms: nobody, no one
Contrasted words: none
Related Words: anybody, one

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I. some‧bod‧y¹ S1 W3 /ˈsʌmbɒdi, -bədi $ -bɑːdi, -bədi/ pronoun
used to mean a person, when you do not know or do not say who the person is Synonym : someone ⇒ anybody, everybody, nobody:
There’s somebody waiting to see you.
Somebody’s car alarm kept me awake all night.
somebody new/different/good etc
We need somebody neutral to sort this out.
If you can’t make it Friday, we can invite somebody else (=a different person).
‘Who can we get to babysit?’ ‘I’ll call Suzie or somebody.’

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II. somebody² noun
be somebody to be or feel important:
She was the first teacher who’d made Paul feel like he was somebody.

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somebody
pronoun
BAD: She hadn't seen somebody for over a week.
GOOD: She hadn't seen anybody for over a week.
BAD: Somehow he had to get on the train without someone seeing him.
GOOD: Somehow he had to get on the train without anyone seeing him.

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