DictionaryAI

everybody

pronoun
EV-ree-bu-dee/ˈɛv.ɹiˌbʌ.di/EV-ree-bod-ee/ˈɛv.ɹi.bɒd.i/

1 meaning of everybody

Practice

  1. 1
    pronoun
    All people, or every person within a particular group or situation.

    Everybody knows that song, so the whole stadium sang along.

    The manager sent the updated schedule to everybody on the team.

    UsageTakes a singular verb, everybody has (not incorrect: everybody have), though their usually points back to it: everybody has their own.

    Similareveryone, all

    Oppositenobody

    Note

    A singular pronoun with a plural reach, built from every + body, where body means a person. Its possessive is everybody's, as in Robert W. Chambers's The Younger Set (1907): to everybody's exquisite satisfaction.

Use it in a sentence

Write your own sentence with everybody, and AI will tell you whether it fits and which meaning you used.

Origin

Formed by combining "every" and "body".

Checked 5 Nov 2026 · 1 fact