nobody 1 of 2

noun

Definition of nobodynext
as in cipher
a person of no importance or influence tired of feeling like a nobody, she decided to launch her own business

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nobody

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pronoun

ˈnō-(ˌ)bə-dē How to pronounce nobody (audio)
as in none
no person there is nobody home nobody wants to clean up that mess

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Recent Examples of nobody
Noun
Many of Newsom’s critics who breathlessly report on his evil plans (that the left-wing mainstream media supposedly cover up) are just nobodies who feign authority and are obviously fronting for right-wing organizations. — Dan Walters, Oc Register, 16 Dec. 2025 Where else could award winning writers pop off about nothing at all, and nobodies could rattle the ivory towers? — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Nov. 2025 Professional athletes, however, aren’t nobodies. — Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025 More importantly, the narrative explores both sides of the conflict from the POV of grunts and 'nobodies' trying to navigate the post-Civil War state of the galaxy before the fighting stops. — Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 4 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nobody
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nobody
  1. cipher
  2. dwarf
  3. nothing
  4. lightweight
  5. insect
  6. zero
Noun
  • There’s that vibrancy and, on the other side of the ledger, dead boys, ciphers, unfinished or unfinishable quests.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • But in my view, our relationships to animals, whose lives are untouched by the existential woes and artifices of personhood, are the richest and most evident ciphers for our own often inscrutable psyches.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 June 2026
Definition of cipher
Noun
  • The image, captured a year earlier by the Hubble Space Telescope, showed UGC 9050-Dw1, a dwarf galaxy some 115 million light-years from Earth.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Watching all ten members sing at once is funny the way the seven dwarves all sleeping in their little beds next to each other is funny.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of dwarf
Noun
  • While CinemaCon 2026 brought us exciting news about new films, it was also bogged down with status quo nothings about how Amazon MGM still hasn’t found a new James Bond.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
  • When Dana, who, like Virginia, had been successful in writing pleasant but undistinguished nothings—in her case, songs for Billy Rose’s revues—decided to try taking on more serious music by studying with Boulanger, Virginia entered a deep downward spiral.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2026
Definition of nothing
Noun
  • Especially one that’s as buttery-soft and lightweight as this Spanx Crewneck Tee.
    — Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Perovskites, meanwhile, offer the possibility of lightweight and potentially flexible solar layers that could conform to roofs, hoods and other body panels.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of lightweight
Noun
  • Feeding your turf at the right times through the seasons can result in fewer lawn weeds, fewer insect and disease issues, and better tolerance of drought and temperature extremes.
    — Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Barnacles, insects, trout, and arachnids carry evidence of ancient duplications in their genomes.
    — Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of insect
Noun
  • Tech has crept into every facet of everyday life, like an invisible fog of ones and zeros.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Those sizes vary from size four all the way down to zero, but even the zeros weren’t small enough.
    — Marti Noxon, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of zero

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“Nobody.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nobody. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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