anybody

A2 Topic:Grammar & Function Words

Also spelled onybody

US /ˈɛn.i.bʌ.di/ UK /ˈɛn.i.bɒd.i/ See IPA manual

Freq #566

Meanings

1

pron
Any person; it does not matter who.

Anybody can join the club.
2

pron
An important or well-known person.

Everybody who wants to be anybody will come to the party.

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Synonyms

1 pron · any person; it does not... anyone

Word family

Derived forms anybody's

Related forms anyhow anything anywhere everybody nobody somebody

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Idioms (1)

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Proverbs (1)

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None of us is as smart as all of us
Matching variant: Everybody is smarter than anybody

Etymology

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

ani-bodi,anybodi,eny body Middle English

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# anybody

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** pron
**IPA (US):** /ˈɛn.i.bʌ.di/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈɛn.i.bɒd.i/
**Frequency rank:** 566

## Meanings
1. Any person; it does not matter who.
2. An important or well-known person.

## Examples
- Anybody can join the club.
- Everybody who wants to be anybody will come to the party.

## Synonyms
- anyone

## Derived Forms
- anybody's

## Related Forms
- anyhow
- anything
- anywhere
- everybody
- nobody
- somebody

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ani-bodi,anybodi,eny body

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

## AI Etymology
Anybody is from Middle English ani-bodi, anybodi, eny body, equivalent to any plus body. The historical chain also includes Middle English ani-bodi,anybodi,eny body. The formation is semantically transparent: the parts remain visible, while the compound or affix fixes the grammatical role and narrows the modern meaning. In use as a pronoun, anybody denotes any person; it does not matter who and an important or well-known person. The same word family continues in derived forms such as anybody's and related entries such as anyhow, anything, anywhere, and everybody.

## Topics
- Grammar & Function Words

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