nobody
pronoun
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Synonyms & Antonyms for nobody
Synonyms: Pronoun
Synonyms: Noun
cipher, dwarf, half-pint, insect, insignificancy, lightweight, morsel, nonentity, nothing, nullity, number, pip-squeak, pygmy (also pigmy), shrimp, snippersnapper, twerp, whippersnapper, zero, zilch
Antonyms: Pronoun
Antonyms: Noun
big shot, big wheel, bigwig, eminence, figure, kahuna, kingpin, magnate, nabob, personage, somebody, VIP
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Examples of nobody in a Sentence
Pronoun
Nobody could answer my question. I guess I'll have to volunteer because it's clear nobody else will.Noun
He was a nobody in high school. tired of feeling like a nobody, she decided to launch her own business
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Twenty-five people were evaluated for injuries, and four were taken to Harborview Medical Center, but nobody was seriously hurt, officials said. — Nina Shapiro, The Seattle Times, "Bumbershoot attendees describe lying in crush of people after barricade collapse," 2 Sep. 2019 In a surprise to exactly nobody, the BA office has a pretty spectacular snack selection. — Aliza Abarbanel, Bon AppĂ©tit, "All Hail BjornQorn, the (Still) Reigning King of BAâs Office Snack Table," 30 Aug. 2019 Thatâs pretty amazing, especially since nobodyâs really duplicated Homeworld to this dayâno spiritual successors, nothing. — Hayden Dingman, PCWorld, "Gearbox finally announces a proper Homeworld sequel, 15 long years later," 30 Aug. 2019 That Bryce Walker is dead and nobody knows who killed him. — Chelsea Greenwood Lassman, Teen Vogue, ""13 Reasons Why" Season 3 Recapped and the Questions We Have for Season 4," 29 Aug. 2019 There were complaints from Attleeâs political opponents, including former Prime Minister Winston Churchill, but nobody suggested George should have refused the request and no attempts to challenge it were made in court. — Laura Beers, The Conversation, "Why the queen said yes to Boris Johnsonâs request to suspend Parliament," 29 Aug. 2019 That was baked in from the beginning: nobody in this book is going to catch a break for a long time, or at all. — Ryan Chapman, Longreads, "âNobody in This Book Is Going to Catch a Breakâ: TĂ©a Obreht on âInlandâ," 28 Aug. 2019 How come nobody went to jail for poisoning the water supply of Flint, Michigan? — Kevin Baker, Harper's magazine, "The Deep State of Dementia," 19 Aug. 2019 Today, 30 years on, nobody knows how many were killed in and around Tiananmen Square, in that bloody culmination of student protests in Beijing on June 4th 1989. — The Economist, "Chinese troops must stay off the streets of Hong Kong," 8 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nobody.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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nobody
pronoun
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