whoever B1 Topic:Grammar & Function Words Also spelled whoiver US /huˈɛvɚ/ UK /huˈɛvə/ See IPA manual Freq #1376 Meanings 1 pron Any person that; the person that. Whoever breaks the law will be punished. 2 pron No matter who. Whoever you are, you can't come in without a ticket. 3 pron Used to ask a question with surprise, an emphatic form of 'who'. Whoever thought up that idea? Thesaurus Word family Forms whosoever Related forms nobodywhateverwheneverwhereverwhomeverwhosoever Etymology AI details From Middle English whoever. By surface analysis, who + ever. whoever Middle English View etymology graph -> Topics Grammar & Function Words External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # whoever **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** pron **IPA (US):** /huˈɛvɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /huˈɛvə/ **Frequency rank:** 1376 ## Meanings 1. Any person that; the person that. 2. No matter who. 3. Used to ask a question with surprise, an emphatic form of 'who'. ## Examples - Whoever breaks the law will be punished. - Whoever you are, you can't come in without a ticket. - Whoever thought up that idea? ## Related Forms - nobody - whatever - whenever - wherever - whomever - whosoever ## Roots and Affixes - Root: whoever ## Etymology From Middle English whoever. By surface analysis, who + ever. ## AI Etymology Whoever is from Middle English whoever. By surface analysis, who + ever. A key historical form is Middle English whoever. In present-day use, it can mean any person that; the person that, or no matter who. Related words include nobody, whatever, whenever, wherever, whomever. ## Topics - Grammar & Function Words markdown