everybody

English Online Dictionary. What means everybody‎? What does everybody mean?

English

Alternative forms

• arrybody (Bermuda)
• e'rybody
• everbody
• ever'body
• everybuddy
• every body

Etymology

From every +‎ body.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɛvɹiˌbɒdi/
• (stressed, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛvɹiˌbʌdi/, /ˈɛvɹiˌbɑdi/
• • (unstressed, US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛvɹibədi/
  • (unstressed, US, AAVE) IPA^(key): /ˈɛɹbʌdi/
• Hyphenation: eve‧ry‧bod‧y

Pronoun

everybody (indefinite pronoun)

1. All people.

Usage notes

• Everybody takes a singular verb: Is everybody here?; Everybody has heard of it. However, similar to what occurs with collective or group nouns like crowd or team, sometimes an antecedent of everybody is used as a plural: Everybody was laughing at first, but then they all stopped.

Synonyms

• everyone

Antonyms

• nobody, no one
• Logically negates to not everybody.

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