English Explanatory Dictionary

him

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. A masculine pronoun; he as a grammatical object.
  2. With dative effect or as an indirect object.
  3. Following a preposition.
  4. With accusative effect or as a direct object.
  5. As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction.
  6. Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be).
  7. Used reflexively: (to) himself.
  8. With nominative effect: he, especially as a predicate after be, or following a preposition.
  9. A person of elevated skill at a sport, game, or other activity.
noun
  1. A male person or animal.
pron
  1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of him, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.
name
  1. A surname from Khmer.
pron
  1. Initialism of His Imperial Majesty.
  2. Initialism of Her Imperial Majesty.

Pronunciation

hĭm /ˈhɪm/ en-us-him.ogg /əm/ [ɪ̈m]

Word forms

him hims

Etymology

From Middle English him, from Old English him, from Proto-Germanic *himmai (“to this, to this one”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian him (“him”), West Frisian him (“him”), Sylt North Frisian ham, höm (“him”), Dutch hem (“him”), German Low German hum, hüm, em (“him”), German ihm (“him”, dative).

Synonyms

that guy that nigga he

Related words

Ime me myselfmemysen mine mymineme we us ourselvesourselfoursen oursourn our you yourselfyoursen yoursyourn your thou thee thyselftheeselfthysen thine thythine youye yourselves you ally'all you guys yous y'allselves all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' he himselfhisselfhissen hishisn his she her herselfhersen hershern ithit itselfhitself itshis itshishits they them themself themselves theirs their one oneself – one's themhem 'em themselvestheirsen theirstheirn The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun. Himself

Derived words

himbo himness himpathetic himpathize himpathy himselves shim stand up and give it to him
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