anyonepronoun
uk/ˈen.i.wʌn/us/ˈen.i.wʌn/also anybodyA2 used in questions and negatives to mean "a person or people":
I haven't spoken to anyone all day.
I haven't told anyone.
Was there anyone you knew at the meeting?
Has anyone seen my glasses anywhere?
B1 any person or any people:
Anyone can go - you don't have to be invited.
Anyone could dress well with all that money.
More examples
- She never considers anyone but herself - she's totally selfish!
- He used to lock himself in his bedroom for hours on end and refuse to talk to anyone.
- Why ever would anyone ever want to hurt her?
- I exited quickly before anyone could see me.
- Has anyone seen my keys lying about?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Someone, anyone, no one or everyone
- across-the-board
- all and sundry idiom
- all comers
- anybody
- everybody
- man
- no one
- nobody
- one
- one and all idiom
- one-size-fits-all
- people
- sb
- sundry
- the SBS
- the whole lot idiom
- the world and his wife idiom
- to a man idiom
- whole
- world
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Idiom(s)
anyone who is/was anyone