someone

some-one · pronoun

imported

Definitions

pronoun

  1. 1.

    An unknown or unspecified person.

  2. 2.

    A person of importance or authority.

Related words

Antonyms: no one, nobody
See also: anyone, everyone, no one, somebody
Synonyms: a person, anyone, somebody

Etymology

A compound of some (from Old English sum, "some, a certain one") + one (from Old English ān, "one"). The compound developed in Middle English as an indefinite pronoun referring to an unspecified person.