Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

everybody

/ˈɛv.ɹiˌbɑdi/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.84 in modern English

Syllables: eve-ry-body
IPA: /ˈɛv.ɹiˌbɑdi/

21

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

Every individual in a set; all people.

Example Sentences

"Does everybody have their ticket(s) at hand?"
"Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff."
"If you smile at me I will understand 'cause that is something everybody everywhere does in the same language."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwaz Proto-West Germanic *aiwder. Old English ā Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Germanic *in Proto-West Germanic *in Old English in Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pérkus Proto-Germanic *ferhuzder.? Proto-Germanic *ferhwą Proto-West Germanic *ferh Old English feorh ? Old English ǣfre Proto-West Germanic *aiwgahwalīk Old English ǣġhwelċ Old English ǣlċ Middle English every English every Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- Proto-West Germanic *bodag Old English bodiġ Middle English bodi English body English everybody From every + body.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɛv.ɹiˌbɑdi/
British English: /ˈɛv.ɹi.bɒ.di/

Inflected Forms

arrybody (alternative) e'rybody (alternative, pronunciation spelling) ever'body (alternative, pronunciation spelling) everybuddy (alternative, pronunciation spelling) everbody (alternative, obsolete) every body (alternative, obsolete)

Phrases

everybody and his brother everybody and his cousin everybody and his dog everybody and his grandma everybody and his mother everybody and their brother everybody and their cousin everybody and their dog

Frequently Paired Words

anybody everything everywhere nobody somebody

Synonyms

everyone tout le monde all all and sundry everybody and his brother everybody and their brother everybody and his cousin everybody and their cousin everybody and his dog everybody and their dog everybody and his grandma everybody and their grandma

Antonyms

nobody no one no man none

Questions

How do you pronounce everybody?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛv.ɹiˌbɑdi/.
What does everybody mean?: Every individual in a set; all people.
Where does everybody come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h₂óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwaz Proto-West Germanic *aiwder. Old English ā Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Germanic *in Proto-West Germanic *in Old English in Proto-Indo-European *perkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-us Proto-Indo-European *pérkus Proto-Germanic *ferhuzder.? Proto-Germanic *ferhwą Proto-West Germanic *ferh Old English feorh ? Old English ǣfre Proto-West Germanic *aiwgahwalīk Old English ǣġhwelċ Old English ǣlċ Middle English every English every Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ- Proto-West Germanic *bodag Old English bodiġ Middle English bodi English body English everybody From every + body.

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