whoever

Meaning

1. (interrogative, nominative) Who ever: an emphatic form of who.
2. (nominative) Any person or persons that.
3. (nominative) The person that (no matter who).
4. (nominative) Regardless of the person or persons that.
5. (informal, nominative) Any person or persons.
6. (alt-of, misspelling, nominative) Misspelling of who ever other than in interrogative use.

Synonyms

anyone

anybody

whatever

someone

whichever

people

🧑‍🤝‍🧑

whosoever

everyone

whomever

any

whatever persons

anything

everybody

everything

he who

nobody

somebody

any one who

all

Translations

chiunque

quienquiera

quiconque

wer auch immer

quisquis

οποιοσδήποτε

n’importe qui

cualquiera

quem quer que

quienquiera que

quicquid

wie dan ook

chi

onverschillig wie

quoi que

Pronounced as (IPA)

/huˈɛvɚ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: whoever

In summary

From Middle English whoever. By surface analysis, who + ever.