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whoever

[ hoo-ev-er ]
/ huˈɛv ər /
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pronoun; possessive whos·ev·er; objective whom·ev·er.

whatever person; anyone that: Whoever did it should be proud. Ask whoever is there. Tell it to whomever you like.
no matter who: I won't do it, whoever asks.
who? what person? (used to express astonishment, disbelief, disdain, etc.): Whoever is that? Whoever told you such a thing?

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someone, name, celebrity, luminary, notable, personage, one, dignitary, heavyweight, VIP, star, superstar, so-and-so

Nearby words

  1. who-does-what,
  2. whoa,
  3. whodunit,
  4. whodunnit,
  5. whoe'er,
  6. whole,
  7. whole ball of wax, the,
  8. whole blood,
  9. whole brother,
  10. whole cloth

Origin of whoever

Middle English word dating back to 1125–75; see origin at who, ever
Can be confusedwhoever whomever
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British Dictionary definitions for whoever

whoever

/ (huːˈɛvə) /

pronoun

any person who; anyone thatwhoever wants it can have it
no matter whoI'll come round tomorrow, whoever may be here
an intensive form of who, used in questionswhoever could have thought that?
informal an unknown or unspecified persongive those to John, or Cathy, or whoever
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for whoever

whoever

late Old English hwa efre.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper