somebody

UK: /ˈsʌmbədi/

US: /ˈsʌmˌbɑdi, -ˌbʌdi, -bədi/

US: (sum′bod′ē, -bud′ē, -bə dē)

Inflections of 'somebody' (n): npl: somebodies

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

some•bod•y /ˈsʌmˌbɑdi, -ˌbʌdi, -bədi/   pron., n., pl. -bod•ies. 
pron. 

1. someone not known or specified:
   Maybe somebody will think of a better solution. There's somebody at the door.

n. 

2. This word may be used as a pronoun (with no article) or as a count noun (with an article if singular) to mean "a person of some importance:''
   Right now he may not seem special, but one day he'll be somebody. He wants to be a somebody, not a nobody.

Usage

As a pronoun, somebody is used most often in affirmative sentences, while anybody is used in sentences with negative words and in questions:
There's somebody at the door.
There isn't anybody at the door.
Is anybody at the door?
But somebody can be used in questions when the answer is expected to be "yes'':
Can't somebody help me?

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

some•bod•y  (sum′bod′ē, -bud′ē, -bə dē), pron., n., pl. -bod•ies. 
pron. 

1. some person.

n. 

2. a person of some note or importance.

• 1275–1325; Middle English; see some, body

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

somebody / ˈsʌmbədɪ/ pronoun

1. some person; someone

noun ( -bodies)

1. a person of greater importance than others: he seems to be somebody in this town