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somebody
CIDE DICTIONARY
somebody, n.
- A person unknown or uncertain; a person indeterminate; some person. [1913 Webster]"Jesus said, Somebody hath touched me." [1913 Webster]"We must draw in somebody that may stand
'Twixt us and danger." [1913 Webster] - A person of consideration or importance. [1913 Webster]"Before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
somebody, pron. & n.
--pron. some person.
--n. (pl. -ies) a person of importance (is really somebody now).
--pron. some person.
--n. (pl. -ies) a person of importance (is really somebody now).
THESAURUS
somebody
Adamite, Establishment, VIP, baron, being, big cheese, big gun, big man, big name, big noise, big wheel, big-timer, bigwig, body, brass, brass hat, cat, celebrity, chap, character, constellation, creature, customer, cynosure, dignitary, dignity, duck, earthling, elder, father, fellow, figure, folk hero, galaxy, great man, groundling, guy, hand, head, heavyweight, hero, heroine, high-muck-a-muck, homo, hotshot, human, human being, idol, immortal, important person, individual, interests, joker, leader, life, lion, living soul, lords of creation, luminaries, luminary, magnate, man, man of mark, master spirit, mogul, mortal, nabob, name, nose, notability, notable, one, panjandrum, party, person, person of note, person of renown, personage, personality, pillar of society, pleiad, pop hero, popular hero, popular idol, power, power elite, public figure, ruling circle, sachem, single, social lion, someone, something, soul, star, superstar, tellurian, terran, the great, the top, top brass, top people, tycoon, very important person, worldling, worthyROGET THESAURUS
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Repute
N repute, distinction, mark, name, figure, repute, reputation, good repute, high repute, note, notability, notoriety, eclat, the bubble reputation, vogue, celebrity, fame, famousness, renown, popularity, aura popularis, approbation, credit, succes d'estime, prestige, talk of the town, name to conjure with, glory, honor, luster, illustriousness, account, regard, respect, reputableness, respectability, good name, good report, fair name, dignity, stateliness, solemnity, grandeur, splendor, nobility, majesty, sublimity, rank, standing, brevet rank, precedence, pas, station, place, status, position, position in society, order, degree, baccalaureate, locus standi, caste, condition, greatness, eminence, height, importance, preeminence, supereminence, high mightiness, primacy, top of the ladder, top of the tree, elevation, ascent, superaltation, exaltation, dignification, aggrandizement, dedication, consecration, enthronement, canonization, celebration, enshrinement, glorification, hero, man of mark, great card, celebrity, worthy, lion, rara avis, notability, somebody, classman, man of rank, pillar of the state, pillar of the church, pillar of the community, chief, first fiddle, cynosure, mirror, flower, pink, pearl, paragon, choice and master spirits of the age, elite, star, sun, constellation, galaxy, ornament, honor, feather in one's cap, halo, aureole, nimbus, halo of glory, blaze of glory, blushing honors, laurels, memory, posthumous fame, niche in the temple of fame, immortality, immortal name, magni nominis umbra, distinguished, distingue, noted, of note, honored, popular, fashionable, in good odor in, favor, in high favor, reputable, respectable, creditable, remarkable, notable, notorious, celebrated, renowned, ion every one's mouth, talked of, famous, famed, far-famed, conspicuous, to the front, foremost, in the front rank, in the ascendant, imperishable, deathless, immortal, never fading, aere perennius, time honored, illustrious, glorious, splendid, brilliant, radiant, bright, full-blown, honorific, eminent, prominent, high, in the zenith, at the head of, at the top of the tree, peerless, of the first water, superior, supereminent, preeminent, great, dignified, proud, noble, honorable, worshipful, lordly, grand, stately, august, princely, imposing, solemn, transcendent, majestic, sacred, sublime, heaven- born, heroic, sans peur et sans reproche, sacrosanct, Int, hail!, all hail!, ave!, viva!, vive!, long life to!, banzai!, glory be to, honor be to?, one's name being in every mouth, one's name living for ever, sic itur ad astra, fama volat, aut Caesar aut nullus, not to know him argues oneself unknown, none but himself could be his parallel, palmam qui meruit ferat, above all Greek above all Roman fame, cineri gloria sera est, great is the glory for the strife is hard, honor virtutis praemium, immensum gloria calcar habet, the glory dies not and the grief is past, vivit post funera virtus.Mankind
N man, mankind, human race, human species, human kind, human nature, humanity, mortality, flesh, generation, anthropology, anthropogeny, anthropography, anthroposophy, ethnology, ethnography, humanitarian, human being, person, personage, individual, creature, fellow creature, mortal, body, somebody, one, such a one, some one, soul, living soul, earthling, party, head, hand, dramatis personae, quidam, people, persons, folk, public, society, world, community, community at large, general public, nation, nationality, state, realm, commonweal, commonwealth, republic, body politic, million, population, tribe, clan (paternity), family (consanguinity), cosmopolite, lords of the creation, ourselves, human, mortal, personal, individual, national, civic, public, social, cosmopolitan, anthropoid, am I not a man and a brother?.For further exploring for "somebody" in Webster Dictionary Online