anybody

English

Alternative forms

• any body (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English ani-bodi, anybodi, eny body, equivalent to any +‎ body.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.i.bɒd.i/, /ˈɛn.i.bə.di/

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• (stressed form, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.i.bʌ.di/, /ˈɛn.i.bɑd.i/

• Audio (US):

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• (unstressed form, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛn.i.bə.di/

Pronoun

anybody

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

Related terms

• anyhow
• anything
• anywhere
• everybody
• nobody
• somebody

Translations

anyone — see anyone

(colloquial) a person of consideration or standing

• Bulgarian: важна клечка (važna klečka)
• Finnish: joku (fi) (positive), kukaan (fi) (negative)
• German: jemand (de), wer (de) (colloquial)
• Italian: qualcuno (it)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: کەس (kes)

• Portuguese: alguém (pt)
• Russian: больша́я ши́шка f (bolʹšája šíška) (big fir-cone), ва́жная пти́ца f (vážnaja ptíca) (important bird), ва́жная персо́на f (vážnaja persóna), ва́жное лицо́ f (vážnoje licó) (important person), ши́шка (ru) f (šíška)
• Spanish: alguien (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} n’importe qui (fr) (1), ^{(please verify)} n’importe qui (fr) (2, negative only: pas n’importe qui)
• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} oricine (ro)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} någon (1,2) (any person = vem som helst)