Meaning & use
Nobodies
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People regarded as unimportant, insignificant, or having no social standing.
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The gossip columnist loved to mock celebrities and nobodies alike.
He rose from being a nobody in his small hometown to a nationally known author.
A note on using this word
"Nobodies" is the informal plural of "nobody" used as a noun, distinct from the pronoun "nobody" meaning "no person."
Words with a similar meaning
nonentities
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Words with an opposite meaning
somebodiescelebrities
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