everyone

[ev-ree-wuhn, -wuhn]

pronoun

1. every person; everybody.

everyone

/ ˈɛvrɪˌwʌn, -wən /

pronoun

1. every person; everybody

Usage

See each.

Everyone and everybody are interchangeable, as are no one and nobody, and someone and somebody. Care should be taken to distinguish between everyone and someone as single words and every one and some one as two words, the latter form correctly being used to refer to each individual person or thing in a particular group: every one of them is wrong

Word History and Origins

Origin of everyone¹

First recorded in 1175–1225, everyone is from the Middle English word everichon. See every, one

Idioms and Phrases

see entries under every man.

Example Sentences

“Everyone realizes the relationship is bigger than the president,” Ramsey said.

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"Instead of expecting one solution to work for everyone, it might be better to consider a variety of factors, including someone's genotype, gut microbiome, gender and age," Lin said.

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Of other potential buyers, he added: "Not everyone has that good will."

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"The one thing that brings everyone together here is football."

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“Everyone’s so sick of spending all this money just to get the necessities and have a little bit of fun and try to be happy,” Holzhauer said.

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Related Words

• anybody 
• everybody 
• people