different between somebody vs everybody

English

Alternative forms

• some body (obsolete)
• some-body (obsolete)
• somebuddy (eye dialect)
• sombuddy (eye dialect)
• somebudy (eye dialect)
• sombudy (eye dialect)
• sumbody (eye dialect)
• sumbuddy (eye dialect)

Etymology

some +? body

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?s?mb?d?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?s?mb?di/, /?s?mb?di/, /?s?mb?di/

Pronoun

somebody

1. Some unspecified person.

Usage notes

Logically related to everybody and nobody. Becomes nobody via negation.

Synonyms

• someone

Related terms

• nobody
• everybody
• anybody
• somewhere
• something

Translations

Noun

somebody (plural somebodies)

1. A recognised or important person, a celebrity.

English

Alternative forms

• arrybody (Bermuda)
• e'rybody
• everbody
• ever'body
• everybuddy
• every body

Etymology

every +? body

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??v?ib?di/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??v?ib?di/, /??v?ib?di/
  • (unstressed) IPA^(key): /??v?ib?di /
• Hyphenation: eve?ry?bod?y

Pronoun

everybody (indefinite pronoun)

1. All people.

   • Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.

Usage notes

• Everybody takes a singular verb: Is everybody here?; Everybody has heard of it. However, similar to what occurs with collective or group nouns like crowd or team, sometimes an antecedent of everybody is used as a plural: Everybody was laughing at first, but then they all stopped.

Synonyms

• everyone

Antonyms

• nobody, no one
• Logically negates to not everybody.

Derived terms

• everybody and his cousin
• everybody and their brother
• everybody who is anybody

Related terms

Translations