no one

No one is sitting on the park bench.

Definition

1. Pronoun:
   • Not a single person: "no one" refers to the absence of any person; nobody.
   • Used in negative constructions: It indicates that there is not even one individual involved or present.

Usage Examples

• (Not a single person responded.)
• (She kept the information completely private.)
• (Every person has flaws; there is no flawless individual.)

Advanced Usage

• "no one else": no other person.
  • No one else knows the password. (Only the speaker knows it; no other person does.)
• "no one but": only a specific person or group.
  • No one but you can solve this problem. (You are the only person capable.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nobody (pronoun): a synonym for "no one" — no person.
  • Nobody came to the party. (No one attended.)
• None (pronoun): not one of a group (often followed by "of").
  • None of the students finished the test. (No student completed it.)

Synonyms

• Nobody: the most common synonym.
  • Nobody saw the accident. (No one witnessed it.)
• Not a soul: an emphatic, informal synonym.
  • Not a soul was in the park. (Absolutely no one was present.)

Related Idioms

• No one’s fool: someone who is not easily deceived.
  • She is no one’s fool; she saw through the scam immediately. (She is clever and not easily tricked.)
• No one in their right mind: used to emphasize that no reasonable person would do something.
  • No one in their right mind would swim in that freezing water. (Only an irrational person would do so.)