pronoun

Noun

Meaning

A word used instead of a noun or name, to avoid the repetition of it. The personal pronouns in English are I, thou or you, he, she, it, we, ye, and they.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

appendix connection consciousness conjunction nominal continuation attachment adjective conscience substantive preposition adverb appendage hypostasis byword

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Antonyms

space break separation gap interval blank

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Hypernyms

function word closed-class word

Hyponyms

demonstrative relative pronoun personal pronoun demonstrative pronoun reciprocal pronoun anaphoric pronoun

Related terms

pronominal

Phrases with the word

emphatic pronoun girl's pronoun determinative pronoun emphasizing pronoun epicene pronoun gender-neutral pronoun

Examples

A dependent clause also normally contains a subordinating conjunction (or in the case of relative clauses, a relative pronoun or phrase containing one). Source: Internet

Also used was the Tironian note (a character similar to the digit 7) for the conjunction and, and a thorn with a crossbar through the ascender for the pronoun þæt main. Source: Internet

Associated Student Government passed a in 2019 to standardize name and pronoun usage across Northwestern platforms. Source: Internet

Allen (2000) pp. 67, 70, 109 The subject can be moved to the beginning of sentences if it is long and is followed by a resumptive pronoun. Source: Internet

A restrictive modifying phrase, by contrast, is not set off by commas, and uses the pronoun "that." Source: Internet

Animators Haruhiko Mikimoto and Shōji Kawamori had used the term among themselves as an honorific second-person pronoun since the late 1970s. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

pronotal pronotary pronotum pronoun adjective pronoun dance pronoun demonstrative