different between everything vs everyone

English

Alternative forms

• (eye dialect, AAVE): e'rythin', e'rythang, e'rything, ev'ryting, ev'rythang, ev'ythang, ev'rything, ev'ythin', ev'ything, eve'ything, errythin,
• (eye dialect, Caribbean): everytin', everyting
• (eye dialect, Southern US): everytang
• (obsolete): evrything, evrythin

Etymology

every +? thing

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??v?i???/
• Hyphenation: eve?ry?thing or ev?e?ry?thing

Pronoun

everything

1. (literally) All the things under discussion.

2. (colloquial, hyperbolic) Many or most things.

3. (colloquial) A state of well-being (from all parts of the whole).

4. (colloquial) Considerable effort.

   It took everything in me to resist the temptation to skip work on my birthday.

5. (colloquial) The most important thing.

   I can't believe I made it in time - timing is everything!

Synonyms

• all

Antonyms

• nothing

Derived terms

• everything and the kitchen sink
• everything but the kitchen sink
• everything else
• everything under the sun
• if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
• leave everything on the road
• talk about everything under the sun
• theory of everything
• timing is everything

Pages starting with “everything”.

Related terms

• anything
• every
• everybody
• everyone
• everywhere
• nothing
• something

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• arrywun (Bermuda)

Etymology

From Middle English everichon, equivalent to every +? one.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??v.?i.w?n/

Pronoun

everyone

1. Every person.
   • 1847 Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre, Chapter XVII

     It was well I secured this forage […] ; everyone downstairs was too much engaged to think of us.

   • 1914, James Joyce, Dubliners, "An Encounter"

     Everyone's heart palpitated as Leo Dillon handed up the paper and everyone assumed an innocent face.

   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Hello, everyone!

Usage notes

• Everyone takes a singular verb: Is everyone here?; Everyone has heard of it. However, similar to what occurs with collective or group nouns like crowd or team, sometimes a plural pronoun refers back to everyone which is also reflected in verb conjugations: Everyone was laughing at first, but then they all stopped. / Everyone has a smart phone nowadays, don't they?

Synonyms

• (every person): everybody, the world and his wife

Antonyms

• (every person): no one

Derived terms

• everyone and their brother
• everyone else

Related terms

• no one
• someone
• anyone
• everywhere
• everything

Translations

References

• everyone at OneLook Dictionary Search