everybody

pron

everybody

pron

UK /ˈɛvɹiɪbɒdi/ · US /ˈɛvɹi(ˌ)bədi/

Etymology From every + body.

1

Indefinite, Pronoun All people.

  • Does everybody have their ticket(s) at hand?
  • 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.1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter I, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:
Synonyms
31 termseveryone, tout le monde, all, all and sundry, everybody and his brother, everybody and their brother, everybody and his cousin, everybody and their cousin, everybody and his dog, everybody and their dog, everybody and his grandma, everybody and their grandma, everybody and his mother, everybody and their mother, everybody and his uncle, everybody and their uncle, everyone and his brother, everyone and their brother, everyone and his cousin, everyone and their cousin, everyone and his dog, everyone and their dog, everyone and his grandma, everyone and their grandma, everyone and his mother, everyone and their mother, everyone and his uncle, everyone and their uncle, the whole world, the whole world and his dog, the world and his wife
Antonyms
nobody, no one, Logically negates to not everybody, no man, none
Derived terms
everybody and his brother, everybody and his cousin, everybody and his dog, everybody and his grandma, everybody and his mother, everybody and their brother, everybody and their cousin, everybody and their dog, everybody and their grandma, everybody and their mother, everybody else, everybody who is anybody, everybody who is anyone, everybody who's anybody, everybody who's anyone, on everybody's lips, there for everybody to see
Related terms
anybody, everything, everywhere, nobody, somebody

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