whom
/huːm
/pronoun
Used instead of ‘who’ as the object of a verb or preposition: [interrogative pronoun]: whom did he marry? her mother, in whom she confided, said it wasn’t easy for her...
- You are never quite sure which actor is sitting where, or which voice belongs to whom.
- This will be a comfort to Cameron, over whom Vogts had appeared to blow hot and cold.
- The poor reader must be as confused as Media Watch about who has done what to whom.
Usage
On the use of who and whom, see who (usage).
Rhymes
- omnirange
- omniscience
- omnisciency
- omniscient
- omniscientist
- omnisciently
- omnisentience
- omnisentient
- omnisexual
- omnisexuality
- omnishambles
- omnisignificance
- omnispective
- omnist
- omnisubjugant
- omnisufficiency
- omnisufficient
- omnitemporal
- omnitemporally
- omnitolerant
- omnitonic
- omnitude
- omnium
- omnium gatherum
- omnivalence