whompronoun
uk/huːm//huːm/formalB2 used instead of "who" as the object of a verb or preposition:
I met a man with whom I used to work.
He took out a photo of his son, whom he adores.
There were 500 passengers, of whom 121 drowned.
To whom do you wish to speak?
More examples
- His strongest criticism is reserved for his father, whom he disliked intensely.
- They have two grown children, both of whom live abroad.
- He was very contemptuous of 'popular' writers, whom he described as having no talent.
- Many of our distant cousins, whom we hadn't seen for years, came to my sister's wedding.
- She disliked the president, whom she once described as an 'insufferable bore'.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: relative forms
- howsoever
- or
- that
- what
- whatever
- whence
- whenever
- where
- whereby
- wheresoever
- wherever
- which
- whichever
- whither
- who
- whoever
- whomever
- whose
- whosoever
- wot