anyone

an-y-one · pronoun

imported

Definitions

pronoun

  1. 1.

    Any person; used in questions and negative sentences.

  2. 2.

    Any person at all; no matter who.

  3. 3.

    A person of importance or significance.

Related words

Antonyms: no one, nobody
See also: anybody, everyone, no one, someone
Synonyms: any person, anybody

Etymology

A compound of any + one, formed in Middle English. "Anyone" and "anybody" are interchangeable, though "anyone" is slightly more formal.