WHOEVER

Definition: WHOEVER

WHOEVER

Pronoun

1. Whatever person; any person who; be or she who; any one who; as, he shall be punished, whoever he may be.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "WHOEVER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Crosswords: WHOEVER

Whoever would have thought that you two could have killed each other (Red River; writing credit: Borden Chase)

I always have a wonderful time, wherever I am, whoever I'm with (Harvey; writing credit: Mary Chase;)

Whoever has the gold makes the rules (Aladdin; writing credit: Roger Allers; Ron Clements)

All I know is, whoever lost it's probably dead now. (Russkies; writing credit: Alan Jay Glueckman; Sheldon Lettich)

Well, can I have your autograph, whoever you are (The Big Chill; writing credit: Barbara Benedek; Lawrence Kasdan)

Calling whoever that you think at home ("Bills, Bills, Bills"; performing artist: Destiny's Child)

Whoever got one can stay after the show and clean the erasers (New Math; performing artist: Tom Lehrer)

Whoever called it necking was a poor judge of anatomy. (references; author: Groucho Marx)

It's Only Me - Whoever I Am (1974)

Here I Come Whoever I Am (1965)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• The America Show: Whoever Controls the Cameras Controls the Culture (reference)

• Whoever Has the Heart (reference)

• Whoever Said Life Is Fair?: A Guide to Growing Through Life's Injustices (reference)

• Whoever You Are (reference)

• Whoever You Thought You Were ... You're A Jew! (Japanese Language) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• What's the Matter with Helen? / Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Whoever (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And let whoever in the country desires it, swear to obey the orders of the said five and twenty barons for the execution of all the aforesaid matters, and along with them, to molest us to the utmost of his power; and we publicly and freely grant leave to everyone who wishes to swear, and we shall never forbid anyone to swear. (reference)

Whoever introduces new laws, not being thereunto authorized by the fundamental appointment of the society, or subverts the old, disowns and overturns the power by which they were made, and so sets up a new legislative. (Second Treatise of Government)

It will be for Germany to indemnify the proprietors or parties concerned, whoever they may be. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Whoever was in need of anything was shown the way to his house

That whoever had one foot in the grave was sure to hold back the other as strongly as he could

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Business

Whoever acquires these licenses will have a distinct advantage in securing entry point into the French mobile market. (references)

Whoever is involved in developing, producing, processing or distributing a product is responsible for reducing the amount of waste which results from producing and using the product, as well as for its environmental friendly utilization and disposal. (references)

Women

Poland

For example, the Criminal Code states that whoever takes advantage of a position of power in a relationship to gain sexual gratification may be sentenced to up to 3 years in prison. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "WHOEVER": whoever calls must be introduced at once ♦ whoever comes will be welcome. Additional references.

Beginning with "WHOEVER": whoever-it-was, whoever-you-are.

Afrikaans

enige (a, a few, any, some, whichever). (various references)

Albanian

kushdo (any, anybody, either, everybody, everyone), kush (that, which, who), cilido (any, either, every, everybody, whatever). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كل من, ‏من (from, of, than, who, whom, whosoever), ‏أيا كان (ordinary, whatever, whatsoever). (various references)

Bulgarian 

който и (whosoever). (various references)

Chinese 

谁 (Who, Whom, whose), 無論何人 . (various references)

Czech

ten, kdo, kdokoliv (any one), kdokoli (anybody, anyone, whosoever). (various references)

Dutch

wie dan ook (any, whichever), welke dan ook (any, whichever), onverschillig wie (any, whichever). (various references)

Esperanto

kiu ajn (any, whichever). (various references)

Farsi 

هرکه (Every), هرکسی که , هرانکه , هرانکس . (various references)

Finnish

se, joka (he who), kuka tahansa (anybody), kuka ikinä, kuka hyvänsä (anybody), ken (who? he who), jokainen ken. (various references)

French

quiconque (whoso, whosoever), qui que ce soit, qui donc, quel (what, what a, what kind of, what sort of, which, which one, whichever, who). (various references)

German

wer auch immer. (various references)

Greek 

οποιοσδήποτε (anybody, whosoever). (various references)

Hebrew 

מי (anyone who, who, whom), כל מי ש-. (various references)

Hungarian

bárki (any, anybody, anyone, whoso, whosoever). (various references)

Indonesian

siapapun (anybody, anyone, whomever). (various references)

Italian

chiunque (any, anybody, anyone, whichever, whosoever). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

誰でも (anybody, anyone). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

だれでも (anybody, anyone). (various references)

Korean 

누구이건. (various references)

Manx

quoi erbee (whomever, whomsoever, whosoever). (various references)

Pig Latin

oeverwhay.(various references)

Portuguese

sejaláquemfor, seja quem for (soever, whoso, whosoever), quemquerqueseja, quem quer que (whoso, whosoever), qualquer pessoa que (whoso, whosoever). (various references)

Romanian

toţi cei care, oricine (any one, anybody, anyone, for better for worse), oricare (all, any, anybody, anyone, either, whatever, whatsoever, whichever), cel care (the one). (various references)

Russian 

который бы ни (whosoever). (various references)

Scottish

ge (although, in the phrase : ge b'e, or whatever it, though, whoever he was), có sam bith (any, whichever), có air bith (any, whichever), có (that, which, who). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

ma ko (no), iko (anybody, anyone), bilo ko (anyone). (various references)

Spanish

quienquiera que, quienquiera (whosoever), quien (who, whom), los que (such, what), cualquiera (any, anybody, anyone, whatever, whichever). (various references)

Swedish

vem som än. (various references)

Turkish

kim olursa (whosoever), her kim. (various references)

Ukrainian

який би не (whichever, whichsoever, whosesoever, whosoever), хто б не (whosoever). (various references)

quisquis. (various references)

cîm, ci, cish, ka. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"WHOEVER" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: wheve, whove, woeve, Woevre. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: however.

-1 letter: rewove, wherve.

-2 letters: hewer, hover, vower, where, whore.

-3 letters: ever, ewer, here, hero, hoer, hove, howe, over, rove, veer, vrow, weer, were, whee, wore, wove.

-4 letters: ere, eve, ewe, her, hew, hoe, how, ore, owe, ree, rev, rho, roe, row, vee, voe, vow, wee, who, woe.

-5 letters: eh, er, he, ho, oe, oh, or, ow.

+1 letter: whomever, whosever.

+2 letters: howsoever, overthrew, overweigh, overwhelm, whosoever.

+3 letters: overweighs, overweight, overwhelms, whatsoever, whensoever, whomsoever.

+4 letters: overweighed, overweights, overwhelmed, wheresoever, whichsoever, whosesoever.

+5 letters: overshadowed, overweighing, overweighted, overwhelming, overwithheld, whencesoever.