anyone
pronoun /ˈen.i.wʌn/ (also anybody)Definition
A2 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?Someone, anyone, no one or everyone B1 any person or any people: Anyone can go - you don't have to be invited. Anyone could dress well with all that money.Someone, anyone, no one or everyone
(Definition of anyone pronoun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- all and sundry idiom
- all-comers noun
- anybody pronoun
- everybody pronoun
- everyone pronoun
- fool noun (PERSON)
- no one pronoun
- nobody pronoun
- one and all idiom
- one-size-fits-all adjective
- pan- prefix
- people noun 1
- somebody pronoun
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