gonnabe UK /ˈɡənəbi/US /ˈɡʌnəbi/ noun1 •(informal) One who is on the path to becoming famous or important.I attribute any success I have to the following educators in my life: New York agent Jim Cypher […] early on taught me that the difference between “wannabes” and “gonnabes” is persistence; […] — 2006 formsgonnabes