Anybody vs. Nobody
Anybody and Nobody Definitions
Anybody
A person of consequence
Everybody who is anybody was at the reception. See Usage Notes at anyone, every, he1.
Nobody
A person of no importance or influence.
Anybody
Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.
Anybody will do.
Is there anybody inside?
Nobody
Not any person; the logical negation of somebody.
I asked several people, but nobody knew how.
As nobody who is not blind can have failed to notice, I had my hair cut just yesterday.
Anybody
(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.
Nobody
Someone who is not important or well-known.
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Anybody
Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.
His Majesty could not keep any secret from anybody.
Nobody
No person; no one; not anybody.
Anybody
A person of consideration or standing.
All the men belonged exclusively to the mechanical and shopkeeping classes, and there was not a single banker or anybody in the list.
Nobody
A person of no influence or importance; an insignificant or contemptible person.
Nobody
A person of no influence
