everyone

[ ev-ree-wuhn, -wuhn ]

pronoun

1. every person; everybody.

everyone

/ ˈɛvrɪˌwʌn; -wən /

pronoun

1. every person; everybody

Usage Note

See each.

Usage

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 else looked at AG as if they were applying for a judicial appointment. They talked about their vaunted legal theories and constitutional bulls**t. Gaetz was the only one who said, ‘Yeah, I’ll go over there and start cuttin’ f***in’ heads.’”

From Salon

Almost everyone I spoke with placed the blame on immigrants, holding the view, as Crusius did, that dark-skinned people from the global south are surging northward to overwhelm white Christians, what’s become known as the “great replacement theory.”

From Salon

“If we bring everyone on the planet into an American lifestyle,” he said, “there first off might not be much planet left, and at the very least, the kind of degradation that might entail would be tremendous and horrifying.”

From Salon

Everyone else is urged to check their details in advance, to make sure everything is up to date.

From BBC

She says everyone working in prisons knows drugs are being supplied by officers.

From BBC

Related Words

• anybody
• everybody
• people