everybody who's anyone
All important people
Everybody who's anyone refers to all the important, fashionable, or influential people in a particular context—the social elite whose presence or participation matters: Everybody who's anyone will be at the gala.
The phrase implies that those not included are nobodies, and often carries a whiff of snobbery or self-importance.
- cliqueExclusive social group
- in crowdExclusive social group
- famePublic recognition, widespread
- socialiteProminent figure in fashionable circles
- social climberOne pursuing higher status
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everybody who's anyonenobodies
Unimportant, unknown persons
ordinary people · small fry · nonentities · unknowns · John Q. Public
every, anyone, bodies, bodily, embody, embodied, embodiment, anyone's