Meanings
- collectiveAll; everyone.
All and sundry are being driven into the wintry cold.
4 more examples
And decerns and declares all and sundry, who either gainsay the word of the evangel [...] to be no members of the said kirk within this realm, and true religion presently professed, so long as they keep themselves so divided from the society of Christ's body.
1581, Alexander Henderson, Archibald Johnston, National Covenant of the Church of ScotlandMiss Phyllis Morgan, as the hapless heroine dressed in the shabbiest of clothes, appears in the midst of a gay and giddy throng; she apostrophises all and sundry there, including the villain, and has a magnificent scene which always brings down the house, and nightly adds to her histrionic laurels.
1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Affair at the Novelty Theatre”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition, London: Greening & Co., 1909, OCLC 11192831, quoted in The Case of Miss Elliott (ebook no. 2000141h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg of Australia, February 2020From morning till night you saw her sitting on a low chair in the kitchen, surrounded by a Chinese cook and two or three native girls, giving her orders, chatting sociably with all and sundry, and tasting the savoury messes she devised.
1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 49”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLCVisit any Czech river during the summer, and you will find flotillas of rafters and canoeists, gleefully calling “ahoj!” to all and sundry.
2021 April 28, Marcus Bradshaw, “Why do Czechs say 'ahoj'? An oddly nautical greeting for a landlocked country”, in Expats.czSynonyms: one and all
Synonyms & antonyms
pronounAll; everyone.
Translations
Arabic الكل و يزيد
- الكل و يزيدall; everyone
Bulgarian всеки и всички, всеки един
- всеки и всички (vseki i vsički)all; everyone
- всеки един (vseki edin)each one
Catalan tots i cada un, tothom
- tots i cada unall; everyone
- tothomall; everyone
- tot el mónall; everyone
- cada uneach one
Danish alle och enhver, Gud og hvermand
- alle och enhverall; everyone
- Gud og hvermandall; everyone
- hver og eneach one
Dutch Jan en alleman
- Jan en allemanall; everyone
Finnish kaikki, jokainen
- kaikkiall; everyone
- jokainenall; everyone
- joka iikkaall; everyone
- jokaineneach one
French tout le monde, tout un chacun
- tout le mondeall; everyone
- tout un chacunall; everyone
- tous sans exceptionall; everyone
- sur tous les toitsall; everyone
- touseach one
German Hinz und Kunz, jeder Dahergelaufene
- Hinz und Kunzall; everyone
- jeder Dahergelaufeneall; everyone
- jedermannall; everyone
- alleall; everyone
Greek όλοι ανεξαιρέτως, εκάτερος
- όλοι ανεξαιρέτως (óloi anexairétos)all; everyone
- εκάτερος (ekáteros)each one
- κάθε ένας (káthe énas)each one
Hungarian boldog-boldogtalan, fű-fa
- boldog-boldogtalanall; everyone
- fű-faall; everyone
- mindenkiall; everyone
- ki-kieach one
Norwegian Bokmål alle og enhver, Gud og hvermann
- alle og enhverall; everyone
- Gud og hvermannall; everyone
- alleeach one
- alle isæreach one
Polish (wszystkie) i bez wyjątku, wszem wobec i każdemu z osobna
- (wszystkie) i bez wyjątkuall; everyone
- wszem wobec i każdemu z osobnaall; everyone
- (wszystkie) i bez wyjątkueach one
Russian все и ка́ждый, все и ка́ждый в отде́льности
- все и ка́ждый (vse i káždyj)all; everyone
- все и ка́ждый в отде́льности (vse i káždyj v otdélʹnosti)each one
Spanish propios y extraños, todo el mundo
- propios y extrañosall; everyone
- todo el mundoall; everyone
- los cuatro vientosall; everyone
Swedish alla och envar, var och en
- alla och envarall; everyone
- var och eneach one
Cite this entry
all and sundry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20and%20sundry
“all and sundry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20and%20sundry. Accessed November 5, 2026.
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