People and Somebody

People

People noun - Human beings in general.

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Somebody and people are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Somebody" instead a noun "People".

Nearby Words: peopled, peopling

Somebody noun - A person who is widely known and usually much talked about.

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People and somebody are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "People" with "Somebody", this nouns are similar.

close	close people	close somebody
old	old people	old somebody
good	good people	good somebody
familiar	familiar people	familiar somebody
Other adjectives: rich, normal, certain, friendly, many, sane, dead, powerful, dangerous, evil, attractive, important, famous, new, naked, random, different, older, younger.

In the Thursday Next series, people do this deliberately; it's a world where literature is Serious Business, so people name themselves after somebody famous, most often a classic English writer.

Source: Named After Somebody Famous
The original goes "I left my body in a sea of people / And that's just how I leave it / I met somebody in a sea of people / And that's just what I believe in".

Source: Music / Grouplove
If somebody gets killed and there is people to see it or find the body, you can guarantee that there will be a woman screaming, while all the men remain silent or are, at least, far less noisy.

Source: Hysterical Woman

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