Pronouns: list with meanings and examples
A pronoun is a word used instead of a noun, such as I, you, she, it, they, this and who. Pronouns stop us repeating the same noun again and again.
List of pronouns (50)
- anybodyany person at all; anyone
- anyoneany person at all
- anythingany thing at all
- everybodyevery person; everyone
- everyoneevery person
- everythingall things; all the things in a group or situation
- hea man, boy or male animal already mentioned, as the subject of a verb
- hera woman, girl or female animal already mentioned, as the object of a verb or after a preposition
- hersthe one or ones belonging to her
- herselfused when a female subject is also the object of the verb, or for emphasis
- hima man, boy or male animal already mentioned, as the object of a verb or after a preposition
- himselfused when a male subject is also the object of the verb, or for emphasis
- histhe one or ones belonging to him
- Iused by the speaker or writer to refer to themselves as the subject of a verb
- ita thing, animal or situation already mentioned or known
- itselfused when a thing or animal is both the subject and object of a verb, or for emphasis
- meused by the speaker or writer to refer to themselves as the object of a verb or after a preposition
- minethe one or ones belonging to the speaker or writer
- myselfused when the speaker is both the subject and object of a verb, or for emphasis
- onea person or thing of a kind already mentioned
- oneselfused as the object of a verb when the subject is "one" (people in general)
- oursthe one or ones belonging to us
- ourselvesused when "we" are both the subject and object of a verb, or for emphasis
- shea woman, girl or female animal already mentioned, as the subject of a verb
- somea certain number or amount of people or things
- somebodya person who is not known or named; someone
- someonea person who is not known or named
- somethinga thing that is not known, named or stated
- thatthe person or thing further away, or already mentioned
- theirsthe one or ones belonging to them
- themtwo or more people or things already mentioned, as the object of a verb or after a preposition
- themselvesused when "they" are both the subject and object of a verb, or for emphasis
- thereused to say that something exists or happens
- thesethe people or things that are near or just mentioned
- theytwo or more people or things already mentioned, as the subject of a verb
- thisthe person or thing that is near, present or just mentioned
- thosethe people or things further away or already mentioned
- usthe speaker or writer and one or more other people, as the object of a verb or after a preposition
- wethe speaker or writer and one or more other people, as the subject of a verb
- whatused to ask for information about something
- whateveranything or everything that; it does not matter what
- whichused to introduce a clause that gives more information about a thing
- whoused to ask which person or people
- whoeverany person who; it does not matter who
- whomthe object form of "who", used in formal English
- whomeverthe object form of "whoever", used in formal English
- youthe person or people being spoken or written to
- yoursthe one or ones belonging to the person or people being spoken to
- yourselfused when "you" (one person) is both the subject and object of a verb, or for emphasis
- yourselvesused when "you" (more than one person) are both the subject and object of a verb