who

Plural

whos

Noun

Noun

×

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1. 1.A person under discussion; a question of which person.

   • A wham-bam caper flick, efficiently directed by Roger Donaldson, that fancifully revisits the mysterious whos and speculative hows of a 1971 London bank heist.

Pron

Pronoun

×

A word that replaces or refers to a noun or noun phrase.

1. 1.What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.

   • Who says they care? , They themselves do.
   • Who is coming to your party? Who are your favourite singers?

2. 2.Introduces a relative clause having a human antecedent.

   • That's the man who I saw earlier.
   • My brother, who you met the other day, is coming to stay for the weekend.

3. 3.Also used with names of collective nouns that are groups of people, especially singularly-named musical groups or sports teams.(informal)

   • Who are the Miami Heat?

4. 4.Whoever, he who, they who.

   • Who insults my mother insults me.
   • Who steals my purse steals trash.
   • Give it to who deserves it.

Overall

Very common· #44

By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Common

General reading & writing

Very common

Academic

Uncommon

Literature

Uncommon

Word family

• whoever
• whole
• whose