Standard Lemma guide

whomsoever

pron · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • US: /ˌhumsoʊˈɛvəɹ/
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  • rhymes with -ɛvə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: HH UW2 M S OW0 EH1 V ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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pron

Meaning 1

Whatever person or persons (as object of a verb or preposition): emphasised or elaborated form of whomever.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: formal

Examples

  • We shall tell the good news to whomsoever we meet.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English whom so evere, whom soever, whom-so-ever, whom-so-evere, whomsoever, whom-so-evyr. By surface analysis, whom + so + ever.