NOBODY


Meaning of NOBODY in English

I. no ‧ bod ‧ y 1 S1 W2 /ˈnəʊbədi $ ˈnoʊbɑːdi, -bədi/ BrE AmE pronoun

1 . no one:

I knocked on the door but nobody answered.

► Do not write this as ‘no body’.

2 . like nobody’s business very much, very well, or very fast:

We get along like nobody’s business.

⇨ be nobody’s fool at ↑ fool 1 (5)

II. nobody 2 BrE AmE noun ( plural nobodies ) [countable]

someone who is not important and has no influence:

I was a nothing and a nobody with everything to prove.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.