somebody
Some unspecified person.
Example
“Somebody has to clean this mess up.”
Other meanings
an important person.
“He could have been somebody!”
Synonyms
- someone
Related words
- somebodiness
- somebody else
Example sentences
Word history
From Middle English "sum body".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “somebody” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.