different between everywhere vs everybody

English

Alternative forms

• everwhere (US, dialectal)
• every where (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English eauerihwer, from Old English æfre + Old English gehwær. Not a compound of every + where.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?v.?i.(h)we?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?v.?i.(h)w??/

Adverb

everywhere (not comparable)

1. In or to all locations under discussion.

2. (colloquial, hyperbolic) In or to a few or more locations.

Antonyms

• nowhere

Derived terms

• almost everywhere
• everywhere else

Related terms

• anywhere
• everybody, everyone
• everything
• every which where
• nowhere
• somewhere

Translations

English

Alternative forms

• arrybody (Bermuda)
• e'rybody
• everbody
• ever'body
• everybuddy
• every body

Etymology

every +? body

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??v?ib?di/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??v?ib?di/, /??v?ib?di/
  • (unstressed) IPA^(key): /??v?ib?di /
• Hyphenation: eve?ry?bod?y

Pronoun

everybody (indefinite pronoun)

1. All people.

   • Selwyn, sitting up rumpled and cross-legged on the floor, after having boloed Drina to everybody's exquisite satisfaction, looked around at the sudden rustle of skirts to catch a glimpse of a vanishing figure—a glimmer of ruddy hair and the white curve of a youthful face, half-buried in a muff.

Usage notes

• Everybody takes a singular verb: Is everybody here?; Everybody has heard of it. However, similar to what occurs with collective or group nouns like crowd or team, sometimes an antecedent of everybody is used as a plural: Everybody was laughing at first, but then they all stopped.

Synonyms

• everyone

Antonyms

• nobody, no one
• Logically negates to not everybody.

Derived terms

• everybody and his cousin
• everybody and their brother
• everybody who is anybody

Related terms

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