anybody
pronUK /ˈɛn.i.bɒd.i/ · US /ˈɛn.i.bə.di/
Etymology From Middle English ani-bodi, anybodi, eny body. By surface analysis, any + body.
1
Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.
- Anybody will do.
- Is there anybody inside?
2
Informal 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.
- Synonyms
- anyone
- Derived terms
- anybody else, anybody's, anybody's guess, anybody who is anybody, everybody who is anybody