someone

Meaning

Pron

One or some person of unspecified or indefinite identity.

Noun

1. A partially specified but unnamed person.
2. An important person.

Concepts

someone

somebody

anyone

anybody

some

one

person

who

individual

any

some one

something

a

whoever

soul

some people

mortal

other

whatever

human

another

so and so

unit

“Mr So-and-so”

keep after

to attach oneself

others

whom

whichever

whomever

part

rest

the others

Mrs So-and-so

Mr So-and-so

one-man

some others

certain

what’s-his-name

a certain person

at

bark

for

of

paint a sullen picture

paint a grim picture

draw a sombre picture

paint a lugubrious picture

paint a sombre picture

paint a saturnine picture

paint a dire picture

paint a bleak picture

paint a dreary picture

paint a morbid picture

draw a lugubrious picture

paint a gloomy picture

paint a somber picture

paint a seamy picture

paint a dismal picture

draw a somber picture

paint a drab picture

character

personage

which

someone’s

this and that

we

you

any man alive

certain person

what

either

respectively

human being

guard

sentinel

watchmen

Hyphenated as

some‧one

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsʌmwʌn/

Etymology

From Middle English sum on, sum one, sum oon, equivalent to some + one.

Sentences

After writing a bug report , one should regularly check if someone responded .