Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

everybody and his brother

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.65 in modern English

Syllables
ev-ery-body and his broth-er
IPA
43
Scrabble Score
22
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

pron

Everybody, everyone; also, a large number of people; most people.

Informal

Usage

Inflected Forms

everybody and their brother (alternative) everyone and his brother (alternative) everyone and their brother (alternative)

Phrases

and his mother

Frequently Paired Words

and his mother

Synonyms

everybody and his cousin everybody and their cousin everyone and his cousin everyone and their cousin everybody and his dog everybody and their dog everyone and his dog everyone and their dog the whole world and his dog everybody and his grandma everybody and their grandma everyone and his grandma

Antonyms

one man and his dog

Questions

What does everybody and his brother mean?
Everybody, everyone; also, a large number of people; most people.

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