whoeverpronoun
uk/huːˈev.ər/us/huːˈev.ɚ/whoever pronoun (PERSON)
B2 the person who:
Whoever uprooted that tree ought to be ashamed of themselves.
Could I speak to whoever is in charge of International Sales, please?
More examples
- You roll/throw the dice and whoever gets the highest score goes first.
- There's a reward for whoever finishes first.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: relative forms
- howsoever
- or
- that
- what
- whatever
- whence
- whenever
- where
- whereby
- wheresoever
- wherever
- which
- whichever
- whither
- who
- whom
- whomever
- whose
- whosoever
- wot
whoever pronoun (ANYONE)
B2 any person who:
Can whoever leaves last please lock the door?
He says he bought the car from Frank, whoever Frank is. (= I do not know who Frank is.)
More examples
- I shall go out with whoever I please.
- This is a win-win situation for her, because whoever wins this match, she's still going to be champion.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: relative forms
- howsoever
- or
- that
- what
- whatever
- whence
- whenever
- where
- whereby
- wheresoever
- wherever
- which
- whichever
- whither
- who
- whom
- whomever
- whose
- whosoever
- wot
whoever pronoun (SURPRISE)
used in questions as a way of expressing surprise:
Whoever told you that?
Whoever could that be phoning at this time?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: question words & expressions
- devil
- how about...? idiom
- how, what, why, etc. on earth... idiom
- in God's/heaven's name idiom
- interrogative
- shall
- what the blazes...? idiom
- what's that (all) about (then)? idiom
- what's the score? idiom
- what/where/how/why the devil idiom
- whatever
- when
- whenever
- where
- which
- whither
- whose
- why
- world
- would you like...? idiom
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