Meanings
adverbwherever (not comparable)
alternative obsolete whereever
- informalnot comparableIn, at or to any place that one likes or chooses.
I don't care what you do with it; just put it wherever.
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Where do you want to have lunch? — Wherever; I don't mind.
- not comparablefused relativeThe place (no matter where) in, at or to which.
Go home to wherever you belong.
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He's back from wherever he's been hiding.
conjunction
alternative obsolete whereever
- Regardless of the place in, at or to which.
Wherever you go, I’ll find you.
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Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam, My blessing, like a line of light, Is on the waters day and night, And like a beacon guards thee home.
1850, [Alfred, Lord Tennyson], “Canto XVII”, in In Memoriam, London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 28 - In, at or to any place (that); anywhere.
You can sit wherever you like.
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I'd follow you wherever you went.
- In, at or to all places or situations (that); everywhere.
I see mistakes wherever I look.
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Add quotations wherever they are needed.
Our charity has limited funds, but we help wherever we can.
If the afternoon was fine they strolled together in the park, very slowly, and with pauses to draw breath wherever the ground sloped upward. The slightest effort made the patient cough.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XXIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC - Used to show that one does not know where someone or something is located.
She lives in Puddletown, wherever that is.
Synonyms & antonyms
Similar
adverbwhere in the world; location, singular, elective existential pronoun
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷís
- Proto-Germanic*hwaz
- Proto-Germanic*hwar
- Proto-West Germanic*hwār
- Old Englishhwǣr
- Middle Englishwher
- Englishwhere
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂ey-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂óyu
- Proto-Germanic*aiwaz
- Proto-West Germanic*aiw
- Old Englishā
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Germanic*in
- Proto-West Germanic*in
- Old Englishin
- Proto-Indo-European*perkʷ-
- Proto-Indo-European*pérkus
- Proto-Germanic*ferhuzder.?
- Proto-Germanic*ferhwą
- Proto-West Germanic*ferh
- Old Englishfeorh
- Old Englishǣfre
- Middle Englishever
- Englishever
- Englishwherever
Translations
Arabic أَيْنَ, أَيْنَمَا
- أَيْنَ (ʔayna)in any place, anywhere
- أَيْنَمَا (ʔaynamā)in any place, anywhere
- حَيْثُمَا (ḥayṯumā)in any place, anywhere
Bulgarian къде, накъде
- къде (kăde)emphatic form of "where"
- накъде (nakăde)emphatic form of "where"
- където и да е (kădeto i da e)in any place, anywhere
- навсякъде където (navsjakăde kădeto)in all places, everywhere
Catalan onsevulla, onsevulga
- onsevullaemphatic form of "where"
- onsevulgain any place, anywhere
- onsevolin any place, anywhere
- onsevullain any place, anywhere
Chinese Mandarin 無論何處 /无论何处
- 無論何處 /无论何处 (wúlùnhéchù)in any place, anywhere
Czech kdekoli, kamkoli
- kdekoliin any place, anywhere
- kamkoliin any place, anywhere
Danish hvor, hvor i alverden
- hvoremphatic form of "where"
- hvor i alverdenemphatic form of "where"
- hvorin any place, anywhere
- hvor endin any place, anywhere
- hvorin all places, everywhere
Dutch waar toch, waar
- waar tochemphatic form of "where"
- waarin any place, anywhere
- waar ookin any place, anywhere
- waar ookin all places, everywhere
Esperanto kie ajn, kien ajn
- kie ajnemphatic form of "where"
- kien ajnemphatic form of "where"
- kie ajnin any place, anywhere
Finnish missä ihmeessä, missä kummassa
- missä ihmeessäemphatic form of "where"
- missä kummassaemphatic form of "where"
- missä ikinäemphatic form of "where"
- missä tahansain any place, anywhere
- missä vainin any place, anywhere
- missä ikinäin any place, anywhere
- mihin tahansain any place, anywhere
- mihin vainin any place, anywhere
- mihin ikinäin any place, anywhere
- missä tahansain all places, everywhere
- missä vainin all places, everywhere
- missä ikinäin all places, everywhere
French où donc, où
- où doncemphatic form of "where"
- oùin any place, anywhere
- là oùin any place, anywhere
- quelque part quein any place, anywhere
- où quein any place, anywhere
- partout oùin all places, everywhere
German wo immer, wo auch immer
- wo immeremphatic form of "where"
- wo auch immerin any place, anywhere
- wo immerin any place, anywhere
Greek οπουδήποτε, οπουδήποτε
- οπουδήποτε (opoudípote)in any place, anywhere
- οπουδήποτε (opoudípote)in all places, everywhere
Italian dovunque, ovunque followed by the subjunctive
- dovunquein any place, anywhere
- ovunque followed by the subjunctivein all places, everywhere
- dappertuttoin all places, everywhere
Japanese どこでも, どこでも
- どこでも (dokodemo)in any place, anywhere
- どこでも (dokodemo)in all places, everywhere
Latin ubicumque, ubiubi
- ubicumquein any place, anywhere
- ubiubiin any place, anywhere
Malay di mana jua, di mana sahaja
- di mana juain any place, anywhere
- di mana sahajain any place, anywhere
- ke mana juain any place, anywhere
- ke mana sahajain any place, anywhere
- di mana-manain all places, everywhere
Norwegian hvor enn
- hvor ennin any place, anywhere
Polish gdzież, dokądże
- gdzieżemphatic form of "where"
- dokądżeemphatic form of "where"
- gdziekolwiekin any place, anywhere
- dokądkolwiekin any place, anywhere
- gdzie tylkoin any place, anywhere
- dokąd tylkoin any place, anywhere
- gdzie niein any place, anywhere
- dokąd niein any place, anywhere
- wszędziein all places, everywhere
Portuguese onde quer que, onde quer que
- onde quer quein any place, anywhere
- onde quer quein all places, everywhere
Russian где́ же, куда́ же
- где́ же (gdé že)emphatic form of "where"
- куда́ же (kudá že)emphatic form of "where"
- где́ бы ни (gdé by ni)in any place, anywhere
- где́ бы ни́ бы́лоin any place, anywhere
- где уго́дно (gde ugódno)in any place, anywhere
- куда́ бы ни (kudá by ni)in any place, anywhere
- куда́ бы ни́ бы́лоin any place, anywhere
- куда́ уго́дно (kudá ugódno)in any place, anywhere
- везде́ (vezdé)in all places, everywhere
- повсю́ду (povsjúdu)in all places, everywhere
Scottish Gaelic ge be àite, ge be àite
- ge be àiteemphatic form of "where"
- ge be àitein any place, anywhere
- ge be àitein all places, everywhere
Spanish dondequiera, donde sea
- dondequierain any place, anywhere
- donde seain any place, anywhere
- adondequiera (whitherever)in any place, anywhere
Yiddish וווּ נישט איז, וווּ נאָר
- וווּ נישט איז (vu nisht iz)emphatic form of "where"
- וווּ נאָר (vu nor)emphatic form of "where"
- וווּ סע זאָל נישט זײַן (vu se zol nisht zayn)emphatic form of "where"
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with wherever
howevernevereverwhateverforeverwhenevercleverwhatsoeverwhoeverleverTrevorwhicheverendeavorendeavourwhomeverseverwhosoeverwhomsoeverhowsoeverwheresoeverwhithersoevernow or nevernow-or-nevertherever
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
wherever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wherever
MLA
“wherever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wherever. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wherever,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wherever.
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