personal pronounnoun [ C ]
uk/ˌpɜː.sən.əl ˈprəʊ.naʊn/us/ˌpɝː.sən.əl ˈproʊ.naʊn/specializedin grammar, a word such as "I", "you", and "they", that refers to a person in speech or in writing
Examples
- "He" and "she" are personal pronouns.
- "We" is a personal pronoun.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Linguistics: personal pronouns
- 'em
- he
- her
- it
- me
- moi
- number one
- personally
- s
- s/he
- thee
- them
- themself
- they
- us
- ye
- you
- yours
- yours truly idiom
- yous
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