"somebody" | Definition and Related Words

somebody

Noun

A human being (synset 100007846)
"there was too much for one person to do"
is a type of:
- being, organism - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
- causal agency, causal agent, cause - any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results
subtypes:
- self - a person considered as a unique individual
- adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward
- adventurer, venturer - a person who enjoys taking risks
- anomaly, unusual person - a person who is unusual
- anachronism - a person who seems to be displaced in time; who belongs to another age
- applicant, applier - a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
- appointee, appointment - a person who is appointed to a job or position
- capitalist - a person who invests capital in a business (especially a large business)
- captor, capturer - a person who captures and holds people or animals
- changer, modifier - a person who changes something
- color-blind person - a person unable to distinguish differences in hue
- common man, common person, commoner - a person who holds no title
- communicator - a person who communicates with others
- contestant - a person who participates in competitions
- coward - a person who shows fear or timidity
- creator - a person who grows or makes or invents things
- controversialist, disputant, eristic - a person who disputes; who is good at or enjoys controversy
- applied scientist, engineer, technologist - a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
- entertainer - a person who tries to please or amuse
- experimenter - a person who enjoys testing innovative ideas
- expert - a person with special knowledge or ability who performs skillfully
- face - a part of a person that is used to refer to a person
- female, female person - a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies
- gipsy, gypsy - a person who resembles a Gypsy in leading an unconventional, nomadic way of life
- individualist - a person who pursues independent thought or action
- denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant - a person who inhabits a particular place
- aboriginal, aborigine, indigen, indigene, native - an indigenous person who was born in a particular place
- native - a person born in a particular place or country
- inexperienced person, innocent - a person who lacks knowledge of evil
- intellect, intellectual - a person who uses the mind creatively
- juvenile, juvenile person - a young person, not fully developed
- lover - a person who loves someone or is loved by someone
- loved one - a person who you love, usually a member of your family
- leader - a person who rules or guides or inspires others
- male, male person - a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies
- money dealer, money handler - a person who receives or invests or pays out money
- national, subject - a person who owes allegiance to that nation
- nonreligious person - a person who does not manifest devotion to a deity
- nonworker - a person who does nothing
- compeer, equal, match, peer - a person who is of equal standing with another in a group
- beholder, observer, perceiver, percipient - a person who becomes aware (of things or events) through the senses
- percher - a person situated on a perch
- forerunner, precursor - a person who goes before or announces the coming of another
- primitive, primitive person - a person who belongs to an early stage of civilization
- religious person - a person who manifests devotion to a deity
- sensualist - a person who enjoys sensuality
- traveler, traveller - a person who changes location
- unfortunate, unfortunate person - a person who suffers misfortune
- persona non grata, unwelcome person - a person who for some reason is not wanted or welcome
- unskilled person - a person who lacks technical training
- worker - a person who works at a specific occupation
- african - a native or inhabitant of Africa
- person of color, person of colour - (formal) any non-European non-white person
- african-american, black, negro, negroid - a person with African ancestry,
- caucasian, white, white person - a Caucasian
- amerindian, native american - any member of the peoples living in North or South America before the Europeans arrived
- slav - any member of the people of eastern Europe or Asian Russia who speak a Slavonic language
- gentile - a person who is not a member of one's own religion; used in this sense by Mormons and Hindus
- hebrew, israelite, jew - a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties
- aries, ram - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries
- bull, taurus - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus
- gemini, twin - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Gemini
- cancer, crab - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer
- leo, lion - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Leo
- virgin, virgo - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Virgo
- balance, libra - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Libra
- scorpio, scorpion - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Scorpio
- archer, sagittarius - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Sagittarius
- capricorn, goat - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Capricorn
- aquarius, water bearer - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aquarius
- fish, pisces - (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Pisces
- abator - a person who abates a nuisance
- abjurer - a person who abjures
- abomination - a person who is loathsome or disgusting
- abstainer, abstinent, nondrinker - a person who refrains from drinking intoxicating beverages
- achiever, succeeder, success, winner - a person with a record of successes
- acquaintance, friend - a person with whom you are acquainted
- acquirer - a person who acquires something (usually permanently)
- active - a person who is a participating member of an organization
- actor, doer, worker - a person who acts and gets things done
- adjudicator - a person who studies and settles conflicts and disputes
- admirer - a person who admires; someone who esteems or respects or approves
- adoptee - someone (such as a child) who has been adopted
- adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister - someone who offers opposition
- advisee - someone who receives advice
- advocate, advocator, exponent, proponent - a person who pleads for a cause or propounds an idea
- affiant - a person who makes an affidavit
- agnostic, doubter - someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something
- albino - a person with congenital albinism: white hair and milky skin; eyes are usually pink
- amateur - someone who pursues a study or sport as a pastime
- ancient - a person who lived in ancient times
- anti - a person who is opposed (to an action or policy or practice etc.)
- anti-american - a person who is opposed to the United States and its policies
- apprehender - a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice)
- appreciator - a person who is fully aware of something and understands it
- archaist - a person who archaizes
- arrogator - a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess
- assessee - a person (or property) that is assessed
- asthmatic - a person suffering from asthma
- authority - (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others
- autodidact - a person who has taught himself
- automaton, zombi, zombie - someone who acts or responds in a mechanical or apathetic way
- baby boomer, boomer - a member of the baby boom generation in the 1950s
- baby buster, buster - a person born in the generation following the baby boom when the birth rate fell dramatically
- bad guy - any person who is not on your side
- bad person - a person who does harm to others
- baldhead, baldpate, baldy, skin, skinhead - a person whose head is bald or shaved
- balker, baulker, noncompliant - a person who refuses to comply
- bullfighter, toreador - someone who fights bulls
- bather - a person who takes a bath
- beard - a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality)
- bedfellow - a person with whom you share a bed
- bereaved, bereaved person - a person who has suffered the death of someone they loved
- best, topper - the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others
- birth - a baby born; an offspring
- biter - someone who bites
- blogger - a person who keeps and updates a blog
- blond, blonde - a person with fair skin and hair
- bluecoat - a person dressed all in blue (as a soldier or sailor)
- bodybuilder, muscle builder, muscle-builder, musclebuilder, muscleman - someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature
- bomber - a person who plants bombs
- brunet, brunette - a person with dark (brown) hair
- buster - a person (or thing) that breaks up or overpowers something
- candidate, prospect - someone who is considered for something (for an office or prize or honor etc.)
- case - a person requiring professional services
- cashier - a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant)
- celebrant, celebrater, celebrator - a person who is celebrating
- censor - someone who censures or condemns
- chameleon - a changeable or inconstant person
- beguiler, charmer - a person who charms others (usually by personal attractiveness)
- baby, child - an immature childish person
- chutzpanik - (Yiddish) a person characterized by chutzpa
- closer - a person who closes something
- clumsy person - a person with poor motor coordination
- aggregator, collector - a person who collects things
- battler, belligerent, combatant, fighter, scrapper - someone who fights (or is fighting)
- complexifier - someone makes things complex
- compulsive - a person with a compulsive disposition; someone who feels compelled to do certain things
- computer user - a person who uses computers for work or entertainment or communication or business
- contemplative - a person devoted to the contemplative life
- convert - a person who has been converted to another religious or political belief
- ape, aper, copycat, emulator, imitator - someone who copies the words or behavior of another
- counter - a person who counts things
- counterterrorist - someone who attempts to prevent terrorism
- crawler, creeper - a person who crawls or creeps along the ground
- creature, wight - a human being; `wight' is an archaic term
- creditor - a person to whom money is owed by a debtor; someone to whom an obligation exists
- cripple - someone who is unable to walk normally because of an injury or disability to the legs or back
- dancer, social dancer - a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)
- dead person, dead soul, deceased, deceased person, decedent, departed - someone who is no longer alive
- deaf person - a person with a severe auditory impairment
- debaser, degrader - a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins)
- debitor, debtor - a person who owes a creditor; someone who has the obligation of paying a debt
- defecator, shitter, voider - a person who defecates
- delayer - a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late
- deliverer - a person who gives up or transfers money or goods
- demander - a person who makes demands
- dieter - a person who diets
- differentiator, discriminator - a person who (or that which) differentiates
- disentangler, unraveler, unraveller - a person who removes tangles; someone who takes something out of a tangled state
- contestant, dissenter, dissident, objector, protester - a person who dissents from some established policy
- divider - a person who separates something into parts or groups
- domestic partner, significant other, spousal equivalent, spouse equivalent - a person (not necessarily a spouse) with whom you cohabit and share a long-term sexual relationship
- double, image, look-alike - someone who closely resembles a famous person (especially an actor)
- dresser - a person who dresses in a particular way
- dribbler, driveller, drooler, slobberer - a person who dribbles
- drug user, substance abuser, user - a person who takes drugs
- dyslectic, dyslexic - a person who has dyslexia
- eccentric, eccentric person, flake, geek, oddball - a person with an unusual or odd personality
- ectomorph - a person with a thin body
- effecter, effector - one who brings about a result or event; one who accomplishes a purpose
- elizabethan - a person who lived during the reign of Elizabeth I
- emotional person - a person subject to strong states of emotion
- endomorph - a heavy person with a soft and rounded body
- enjoyer - a person who delights in having or using or experiencing something
- enrollee - a person who enrolls in (or is enrolled in) a class or course of study
- ethnic - a person who is a member of an ethnic group
- adventurer, explorer - someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)
- extravert, extrovert - (psychology) a person concerned more with practical realities than with inner thoughts and feelings
- faddist - a person who subscribes to a variety of fads
- faller - a person who falls
- fastener - a person who fastens or makes fast
- fiduciary - a person who holds assets in trust for a beneficiary
- first-rater - one who is first-rate
- follower - a person who accepts the leadership of another
- free agent, free spirit, freewheeler - someone acting freely or even irresponsibly
- friend - a person you know well and regard with affection and trust
- fleer, fugitive, runaway - someone who flees from an uncongenial situation
- gainer - a person who gains (gains an advantage or gains profits)
- gainer, weight gainer - a person who gains weight
- gambler - a person who wagers money on the outcome of games or sporting events
- gatekeeper - someone who controls access to something
- gatherer - a person who gathers
- good guy - any person who is on your side
- good person - a person who is good to other people
- granter - a person who grants or gives something
- greeter, saluter, welcomer - a person who greets
- grinner - a person who grins
- groaner - a person who groans
- grunter - a person who grunts
- guesser - a person who guesses
- handicapped person - a person who has some condition that markedly restricts their ability to function physically or mentally or socially
- hater - a person who hates
- heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight, straight person - a person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
- gay, homo, homophile, homosexual - someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex
- homunculus - a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
- hope - someone (or something) on which expectations are centered
- hoper - a person who hopes
- huddler - a person who crouches
- hugger - a person who hugs
- immune - a person who is immune to a particular infection
- insured, insured person - a person whose interests are protected by an insurance policy; a person who contracts for an insurance policy that indemnifies him against loss of property or life or health etc.
- interpreter - someone who uses art to represent something
- introvert - (psychology) a person who tends to shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts
- jat - a member of an Indo-European people widely scattered throughout the northwest of the Indian subcontinent and consisting of Muslims and Hindus and Sikhs
- gem, jewel - a person who is as brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry
- jumper - a person who jumps
- junior - the younger of two persons
- killer, slayer - someone who causes the death of a person or animal
- relation, relative - a person related by blood or marriage
- kink - a person with unusual sexual tastes
- kneeler - a person in a kneeling position
- knocker - a person who knocks (as seeking to gain admittance)
- apprehender, knower - a person who knows or apprehends
- kook, odd fellow, odd fish, odd man out, queer bird, queer duck - someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group
- large person - a person of greater than average size
- latin - a person who is a member of those peoples whose languages derived from Latin
- laugher - a person who is laughing or who laughs easily
- assimilator, learner, scholar - someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs
- left-hander, lefty, southpaw - a person who uses the left hand with greater skill than the right
- life - a living person
- lightning rod - someone who is a frequent target of negative reactions and serves to distract attention from another
- linguist, polyglot - a person who speaks more than one language
- literate, literate person - a person who can read and write
- liver - a person who has a special life style
- longer, thirster, yearner - a person with a strong desire for something
- loose cannon - a person who is expected to perform a particular task but who is out of control and dangerous
- machine - an efficient person
- mailer - a person who mails something
- malcontent - a person who is discontented or disgusted
- man - the generic use of the word to refer to any human being
- manipulator - a person who handles things manually
- man jack - a single individual
- married - a person who is married
- masturbator, onanist - a person who practices masturbation
- measurer - a person who makes measurements
- nonmember - a person who is not a member
- mesomorph - a person with a well-developed muscular body
- mestizo - a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry)
- middlebrow - someone who is neither a highbrow nor a lowbrow
- miracle man, miracle worker - a person who claims or is alleged to perform miracles
- misfit - someone unable to adapt to their circumstances
- misogamist - a person who hates marriage
- mixed-blood - a person whose ancestors belonged to two or more racial groups
- modern - a contemporary person
- monolingual - a person who knows only one language
- mother hen - a person who cares for the needs of others (especially in an overprotective or interfering way)
- mouse - person who is quiet or timid
- maimer, mangler, mutilator - a person who mutilates or destroys or disfigures or cripples
- namer - a person who gives a name or names
- namesake - a person with the same name as another
- neglecter - a person who is neglectful and gives little attention or respect to people or responsibilities
- neighbor, neighbour - a person who lives (or is located) near another
- neutral - one who does not side with any party in a war or dispute
- nondescript - a person is not easily classified and not very interesting
- nonparticipant - a person who does not participate
- nonpartisan, nonpartizan - a person who is nonpartisan
- nonperson, unperson - a person regarded as nonexistent and having no rights; a person whose existence is systematically ignored (especially for ideological or political reasons)
- nonresident - someone who does not live in a particular place
- nonsmoker - a person who does not smoke tobacco
- nude, nude person - a naked person
- nurser - a person who treats something carefully
- occultist - a believer in occultism; someone versed in the occult arts
- optimist - a person disposed to take a favorable view of things
- orphan - someone or something who lacks support or care or supervision
- ostrich - a person who refuses to face reality or recognize the truth (a reference to the popular notion that the ostrich hides from danger by burying its head in the sand)
- ejector, ouster - a person who ousts or supplants someone else
- outcaste - a person belonging to no caste
- outdoorsman - a person who spends time outdoors (e.g., hunting or fishing)
- owner, possessor - a person who owns something
- coddler, mollycoddler, pamperer, spoiler - someone who pampers or spoils by excessive indulgence
- pansexual - a person who participates in (or is open to) sexual activities of many kinds
- excuser, forgiver, pardoner - a person who pardons or forgives or excuses a fault or offense
- partner - a person who is a member of a partnership
- party - a person involved in legal proceedings
- passer - a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group
- personage - another word for person; a person not meriting identification
- personification - a person who represents an abstract quality
- perspirer, sweater - a person who perspires
- philosopher - a wise person who is calm and rational; someone who lives a life of reason with equanimity
- chooser, picker, selector - a person who chooses or selects out
- pisser, urinator - a person who urinates
- contriver, deviser, planner - a person who makes plans
- player - a person who pursues a number of different social and sexual partners simultaneously
- posturer - someone who behaves in a manner calculated to impress or mislead others
- powderer - someone who applies or scatters powder
- preserver - someone who keeps safe from harm or danger
- propositus - the person immediately affected by or concerned with an action
- public relations person - a person employed to establish and promote a favorable relationship with the public
- pursuer - a person who pursues some plan or goal
- pussycat - a person who is regarded as easygoing and agreeable
- quarter - an unspecified person
- quitter - a person who gives up too easily
- radical - a person who has radical ideas or opinions
- rara avis, rare bird - a rare or unique person
- realist - a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly
- rectifier - a person who corrects or sets right
- carrottop, red-header, redhead, redheader - someone who has red hair
- registrant - a person who is formally entered (along with others) in a register (and who obtains certain rights thereby)
- allayer, comforter, reliever - a person who reduces the intensity (e.g., of fears) and calms and pacifies
- repeater - a person who repeats
- recoverer, rescuer, saver - someone who saves something from danger or violence
- rester - a person who rests
- controller, restrainer - a person who directs and restrains
- revenant - a person who returns after a lengthy absence
- have, rich person, wealthy person - a person who possesses great material wealth
- right hander, right-hander, righthander - a person who uses the right hand more skillfully than the left
- riser - a person who rises (especially from bed)
- romper - a person who romps or frolics
- roundhead - a brachycephalic person
- ruler, swayer - a person who rules or commands
- rusher - a person who rushes; someone in a hurry; someone who acts precipitously
- scientist - a person with advanced knowledge of one or more sciences
- scratcher - a person who scratches to relieve an itch
- mediocrity, second-rater - a person of second-rate ability or value
- cloud seeder, seeder - a person who seeds clouds
- quester, searcher, seeker - someone making a search or inquiry
- segregate - someone who is or has been segregated
- romanticist, sentimentalist - someone who indulges in excessive sentimentality
- sex object - any person regarded simply as an object of sexual gratification
- sex symbol - a person (especially a celebrity) who is well-known for their sexual attractiveness
- mover and shaker, shaker - a person who wields power and influence
- showman - a person skilled at making effective presentations
- signatory, signer - someone who signs and is bound by a document
- simple, simpleton - a person lacking intelligence or common sense
- six-footer - a person who is at least six feet tall
- skidder, slider, slipper - a person who slips or slides because of loss of traction
- slave - a person who is owned by someone
- slave - someone entirely dominated by some influence or person
- sleepyhead - a sleepy person
- sloucher - a person who slouches; someone with a drooping carriage
- small person - a person of below average size
- smasher - a person who smashes something
- smiler - a person who smiles
- sneezer - a person who sneezes
- sniffer - a person who sniffs
- sniffler, sniveler - a person who breathes audibly through a congested nose
- snuffer - a person who snuffs out candles
- snuffler - a person who breathes noisily (as through a nose blocked by mucus)
- socialiser, socializer - a person who takes part in social activities
- sort - a person of a particular character or nature
- sounding board - a person whose reactions to something serve as an indication of its acceptability
- sphinx - an inscrutable person who keeps his thoughts and intentions secret
- expectorator, spitter - a person who spits (ejects saliva or phlegm from the mouth)
- sport - a person known for the way she (or he) behaves when teased or defeated or subjected to trying circumstances
- sprawler - a person who sprawls
- spurner - a person who rejects (someone or something) with contempt
- squint-eye, squinter - a person with strabismus
- smotherer, stifler - a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses
- stigmatic, stigmatist - a person whose body is marked by religious stigmata (such as marks resembling the wounds of the crucified Christ)
- stooper - a person who carries himself or herself with the head and shoulders habitually bent forward
- stranger - an individual that one is not acquainted with
- struggler - a person who struggles with difficulties or with great effort
- case, guinea pig, subject - a person who is subjected to experimental or other observational procedures; someone who is an object of investigation
- supernumerary - a person serving no apparent function
- surrenderer, yielder - a person who yields or surrenders
- survivalist - someone who tries to insure their personal survival or the survival of their group or nation
- survivor - one who outlives another
- suspect - someone who is under suspicion
- tagger - someone who appends or joins one thing to another
- tagger - someone who assigns labels to the grammatical constituents of textual matter
- tapper - a person who strikes a surface lightly and usually repeatedly
- tempter - a person who tempts others
- termer - a person who serves a specified term
- scourge, terror, threat - a person who inspires fear or dread
- testate, testator - a person who makes a will
- scrag, skin and bones, thin person - a person who is unusually thin and scrawny
- third-rater - one who is third-rate or distinctly inferior
- thrower - someone who projects something (especially by a rapid motion of the arm)
- tiger - a fierce or audacious person
- totemist - a person who belongs to a clan or tribe having a totem
- toucher - a person who causes or allows a part of the body to come in contact with someone or something
- transfer, transferee - someone who transfers or is transferred from one position to another
- transexual, transsexual - a person whose sexual identification is entirely with the opposite sex
- transexual, transgendered, transsexual - a person who has undergone a sex change operation
- cross-dresser, transvestite - someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex
- attempter, essayer, trier - one who tries
- turner - one of two persons who swing ropes for jumpers to skip over in the game of jump rope
- tyrant - any person who exercises power in a cruel way
- ugly duckling - an ugly or unpromising child who grows into a beautiful or worthy person
- opener, undoer, unfastener, untier - a person who unfastens or unwraps or opens
- user - a person who makes use of a thing; someone who uses or employs something
- vanisher - a person who disappears
- dupe, victim - a person who is tricked or swindled
- victorian - a person who lived during the reign of Victoria
- visionary - a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible
- visually impaired person - someone who has inferior vision
- waiter - a person who waits or awaits
- waker - a person who awakes
- walk-in - person who walks in without having an appointment
- needer, wanter - a person who wants or needs something
- ward - a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another
- warrior - someone engaged in or experienced in warfare
- watcher - a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body
- doormat, weakling, wuss - a person who is physically weak and ineffectual
- weasel - a person who is regarded as treacherous or sneaky
- squirmer, wiggler, wriggler - one who can't stay still (especially a child)
- winker - a person who winks
- withholder - a person who refrains from granting
- witness - (law) a person who testifies under oath in a court of law
- worldling - a person absorbed by the concerns and interests and pleasures of the present world
- yawner - a person who yawns
belongs to: people - (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
has:
- personality - the complex of all the attributes--behavioral, temperamental, emotional and mental--that characterize a unique individual
- anatomy, bod, build, chassis, figure, flesh, form, frame, human body, material body, physical body, physique, shape, soma - alternative names for the body of a human being
same as: individual, mortal, person, someone, soul

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