all y'all

determiner

The group spoken or written to.

“Have all y'all ladies finished eating?”

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Meanings

pronoun

alternative all of y'all · alternative all o' y'all · alternative y'all all

  1. Southern USpluralPlural form of you.

    Dyah dee come! Now watch 'em smile. All y'all jes stand back. Heah de one you lookin' for.

    1887, Thomas Nelson Page, In ole Virginia: or, Marse Chan, and other stories, page 160

    Synonyms: list of other second-person pronouns at you

determiner

alternative all of y'all · alternative all o' y'all · alternative y'all all

  1. The group spoken or written to.

    Have all y'all ladies finished eating?

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
you

Origin

From all + y'all (itself from you + all). Etymologically pleonastic.

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APA

all y'all. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20y'all

MLA

“all y'all.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20y'all. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “all y'all,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/all%20y'all.

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