Synonyms and antonyms of Pronouns in British Thesaurus

ablative (noun)

the form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective that you use in some languages when you are talking about who something is done by, what something is done with, or where something comes from

demonstrative pronoun (noun)

the pronouns ‘this’, ‘that’, ‘these’, and ‘those’. For example, in the sentences ‘I think this is the best band in the UK’ and ‘I’ll be here; she knows that’, ‘this’ and ‘that’ are demonstrative pronouns.

direct object (noun)

in active clauses, a type of grammatical object that refers to the person or thing that is directly involved in or affected by the action of the verb, but does not perform the action. In English, the direct object is usually a noun or pronoun, for example in the sentences ‘Drink up your milk’, and ‘I loved her’, the direct objects are ‘your milk' and ‘her’.

the first person (noun)

linguistics the form of the pronoun or verb that you use about yourself, and about someone who is with you. The first person pronouns in English are ‘I’, ‘me’, ‘we’, and ‘us’.

first/second/third person ()

the forms of pronouns or verbs that show who is being referred to. People use the first person (I) to refer to themselves, the second person (you) to refer to the person or people they are talking to, and the third person he/she/they to refer to anyone else

genitive (noun)

a form of the noun or pronoun in the grammar of some languages, used to show possession. In English, this is shown by adding ‘’s’ at the end of the word, for example ‘Sarah’s birthday’.

impersonal pronoun (noun)

the pronoun ‘it’ in English, when it does not refer to a particular person or thing. In the sentences ‘It’s all right’ and ‘It’s important to eat plenty of green vegetables’, ‘it’ is an impersonal pronoun.

indefinite pronoun (noun)

a pronoun that does not refer to any particular person or thing, for example ‘anybody’, ‘everyone’, or ‘anything’

indirect object (noun)

a type of grammatical object that refers to the person who receives something from or benefits from an action. An indirect object is usually a noun or pronoun. For example in the sentences ‘She taught me a lot about music’ and ‘We were given free tickets to the concert’, the indirect objects are ‘me’ and ‘we’.

nominative (noun)

in some languages, the form of a noun or pronoun when it is the subject of a verb

personal pronoun (noun)

a pronoun such as ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘them’, or ‘it’ that refers to the person, group, or thing that has already been mentioned or that is obvious from the context. For example in the sentences ‘Do you know what Linda told me? She’s such a liar’, ‘you’, ‘me’, and ‘she’ are personal pronouns.

possessive pronoun (noun)

a pronoun such as ‘mine’, ‘theirs’ or ‘yours’ that shows who something relates to or belongs to. In the sentence ‘He has his problems and I have mine’, ‘mine’ refers to ‘my problems’, and in the sentence ‘They want to buy the house next door to ours’, ‘ours’ refers to ‘our house’.

pron. (abbreviation)

pronoun

pronominal (adjective)

relating to a pronoun, or used as a pronoun

pronominal (noun)

a word that acts as a pronoun

pronoun (noun)

a word used instead of a noun group for referring to a person, group, or thing that has already been mentioned or that is obvious from the context. The words ‘you’, ‘it’, ‘mine’, ‘this’, and ‘myself’ are all pronouns. Words like ‘anyone’, ‘everything’ and ‘whoever’ are also pronouns.

reflexive pronoun (noun)

a pronoun such as ‘myself’, ‘herself’, ‘itself’, or ‘themselves’ that refers to the same person or thing as the subject of a clause. For example, in the sentence ‘He looked at himself in the mirror’, ‘himself’ is a reflexive pronoun referring to ‘he’. A reflexive pronoun may also be used for emphasis, for example in the sentence ‘She herself couldn’t understand her own reaction’.

relative pronoun (noun)

a pronoun such as ‘who’, ‘that’, or ‘which’ that introduces a relative clause in a sentence

the second person (noun)

the pronoun or form of a verb that refers to the person you are talking to. In English the second person pronoun is ‘you’.

the third person (noun)

the set of pronouns and verb forms used for referring to someone or something that is not the speaker or the person being spoken to