somebody important
1Somebody Else's Problem — (also known as Someone else s problem or SEP ) is an effect that causes people to ignore matters which are generally important to a group but may not seem specifically important to the individual. Author Douglas Adams s description of the effect …
2somebody — (n.) c.1300, indeterminate person, from SOME (Cf. some) + BODY (Cf. body). Meaning important person is from 1560s. Somebody else is from 1640s; meaning romantic rival is from 1911 …
3somebody — 1 pronoun used to mean a person, when you do not know, or do not say who the person is: There s somebody waiting to see you. | Somebody s car alarm kept me awake all night. | somebody new/different etc: We need somebody neutral to sort this out.… …
4somebody — some|bod|y1 W3S1 [ˈsʌmbɔdi, bədi US ba:di, bədi] pron used to mean a person, when you do not know, or do not say who the person is = ↑someone →↑anybody, everybody ↑everybody, nobody ↑nobody ▪ There s somebody waiting to see you. ▪ Somebody s car… …
5somebody — some|bod|y [ sʌmbədi, sʌm,badi ] pronoun *** someone: Somebody called while you were out. somebody else: When things go wrong, you always say it s somebody else s fault. or somebody (=or someone similar): You could always ask Marie or somebody to …
6somebody — n. an important person. (Compare this with nobody.) □ Aren’t you a somebody? □ If she was somebody, you wouldn’t have to ask …
7somebody — noun she wanted to be a somebody Syn: important person, VIP, public figure, notable, dignitary, worthy; someone, (big/household) name, celebrity, star, superstar; grandee, luminary, leading light; informal celeb, bigwig, big shot, big cheese …
8important person — Synonyms and related words: Establishment, VIP, baron, big gun, big man, big name, bigwig, brass, brass hat, celebrity, chief, constellation, cynosure, dean, dignitary, dignity, doyen, doyenne, elder, father, figure, folk hero, galaxy, great man …
9somebody — Synonyms and related words: Adamite, Establishment, VIP, baron, being, big cheese, big gun, big man, big name, big noise, big wheel, big timer, bigwig, body, brass, brass hat, cat, celebrity, chap, character, constellation, creature, customer,… …
10somebody — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. one, someone; person, individual; bigwig, personage. See importance. II (Roget s IV) pron. Syn. someone, some person, a person, one, anybody, she, he, a certain person, this person, so and so, whoever …
