Synonyms for ANY
ˈɛn iany

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. any

   All and both are collective; any, each, and every are distributive. Any makes no selection and may not reach to the full limits of all; each and every make no exception or omission, and must extend to all; all sweeps in the units as part of a total, each and every proceed through the units to the total. A promise made to all omits none; a promise made to any may not reach all; a promise made to every one is so made that no individual shall fail to be aware of it; a promise made to each is made to the individuals personally, one by one. Each is thus more individual and specific than every; every classifies, each individualizes. Each divides, both unites; if a certain sum is given to each of two persons, both (together) must receive twice the amount; both must be aware of what has been separately communicated to each; a man may fire both barrels of a gun by a single movement; if he fires each barrel, he discharges them separately. Either properly denotes one of two, indefinitely, to the exclusion of the other. The use of either in the sense of each or both, tho sustained by good authority, is objectionable because ambiguous. His friends sat on either side of the room would naturally mean on one side or the other; if the meaning is on both sides, it would be better to say so.

   Synonyms:
   all, both, each, either, every

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. any(a), whatever, whatsoeveradverb

   one or some or every or all without specification

   "give me any peaches you don't want"; "not any milk is left"; "any child would know that"; "pick any card"; "any day now"; "cars can be rented at almost any airport"; "at twilight or any other time"; "beyond any doubt"; "need any help we can get"; "give me whatever peaches you don't want"; "no milk whatsoever is left"

   Antonyms:
   no(a), all(a)

2. anyadverb

   to any degree or extent

   "it isn't any better"

   Antonyms:
   no(a), all(a)

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. anyadjective

   Synonyms:
   a single one (of many), any one

2. anyadjective

   Synonyms:
   some (indefinitely)

3. anyadjective

   Synonyms:
   somewhat, at all, in any degree

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "any":

   every, everything, none, whole, entire, each, either, i.e.the, ho, i.e., toute, whatsoever, full, anything, aii

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1. Douglas Adams:

   It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes.

2. Steven Dring:

   Thirty million meals are served a day in London. We’ve got to get all that stuff into the city, along with all the packaging needed to bring it in. So if you can bring any food production into the city, then that’s good.

3. Menachem Begin:

   Israel will not transfer Judea, Samaria, and the Gaza District to any foreign sovereign authority, [because] of the historic right of our nation to this land, [and] the needs of our national security, which demand a capability to defend our State and the lives of our citizens.

4. Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu:

   In the future, if there is any constitutional change, we will see. But at the moment this is the division of power which is clear from the perspective of legality and from the perspective of political responsibility.

5. State Bill Gardner:

   We're not smarter than anybody, any others. It's just part of the DNA of the state, it's part of our political heritage, our culture.