Everybody

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈɛvribÉ’di/
• US IPA: /ˈɛvribÊŒdi/, /ˈɛvribÉ‘di/, (unstressed) /ˈɛvribÉ™di/

Origin

every + body

Full definition of everybody

Pronoun

1. All people.
• 1907, w, The Younger Set Chapter 1/2, Selwyn …, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around...to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure...and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.
• 1998, Baha Men - When the party was nice, the party was jumpin' (Hey, Yippie, Yi, Yo)And everybody havin' a ball (Hah, ho, Yippie Yi Yo)

Usage notes

Everybody takes a singular verb: Is everybody here?; Everybody has heard of it.

Antonyms

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

Synonyms

• everyone

Derived terms

• everybody and his cousin
• everybody and their brother

Related terms

• nobody
• somebody
• anybody
• everywhere
• everything