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sb

sb is the abbreviation of somebody.

sb is the initialism of so bad.

Meaning of somebody

Pronoun

somebody

  1. Some unspecified person.
    • Somebody has to clean this mess up.
  2. Synonym of someone; an important person.
    • He could have been somebody!
    Synonyms:
    someone

See all 4 meanings of somebody

Proper noun (1) capitalized: SB

SB

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Special Branch.
    • The SB infiltrated one of their men into our organisation.1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 181
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Super Bowl.
    • "Humans keep asking me if I'm going to SB," Sammy's account recently tweeted, regarding the Super Bowl. "I'm a desert tortoise. Bayou isn't my thing."2013 February 3, Jim Carlton, “Fast-Running Quarterback Has a Slow Sidekick”, in The Wall Street Journal, New York, N.Y.: Dow Jones & Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 30 Dec 2014
    • 2019 — Super Bowl LIII, Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta, GA: New England Patriots beat Rams, 13-3; MVP: Julian Edelman, NE Patriots, WR; Patriots’ 6th SB victory2026 February 3, Houston Mitchell, “Rams sign Sean McVay, Les Snead to contract extensions”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Standard Babylonian.

Noun capitalized: SB

SB (countable and uncountable, plural SBs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of stretcher bearer.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of season best (this season's personal best).
  3. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of stolen base; The statistic reporting the number of stolen bases.
  4. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of sideband.
  5. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of sexbot.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism, often) Initialism of senate bill (“a bill proposed in or passed by a senate”) (Compare HB.)
    • SB5
    • SB 1211 was signed into law to streamline the process and takes effect in January. Currently you can have no more than two ADUs on a property, but the new law increases the limit to eight.2024 December 25, Devin Trubey, “California to remove restrictions on ADUs, add enforcement if cities don't comply with housing laws”, in ABC10
  7. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of state bill.
  8. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Sauvignon blanc.
  9. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of sailing barge.
  10. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of steam barge.
  11. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of steamboat.
  12. (abbreviation, initialism, relationships) Initialism of sugar baby

Adjective capitalized: SB

SB (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of southbound.

Adverb capitalized: SB

SB (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of southbound.

Verb capitalized: SB

SB (third-person singular simple present SBs, present participle SBing, simple past and past participle SBed or SB'd)

  1. (Internet, abbreviation, initialism, transitive) Initialism of soft-block.
    • i have a handful of moots that if they sb'd or hb'd me id genuinely be upset this app has ruined me huh2021 September 1, Jekyll (@rottingca9s), Twitter

Proper noun (2) capitalized: SB

SB

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of West Sumatra: a province of Indonesia.

Synonyms of sb

Forms of sb

Pronoun
alternative formsb.
Noun
pluralSBs
Verb
third-person singular presentSBs
present participleSBing
past participleSBed
pastSBed
past participleSB'd
pastSB'd

Origin of sb

Initialisms.

From Indonesian SB, initialism of Sumatera Barat.

Words formed from sb

Questions about sb

What is sb the abbreviation of?
Sb is the abbreviation of somebody.
What part of speech is sb?
Sb can be a proper noun, a noun, an adjective or an adverb.

Words near sb in the dictionary

  1. Saʽidi Arabic
  2. Saʽidis
  3. Saṃhitā
  4. Saṃhitās
  5. saṃsāra
  6. sb
  7. SB'd
  8. sb.
  9. SBA
  10. sbacchiite
  11. sbar

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: sb (page history and authors); SB (page history and authors); somebody (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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