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mine

[mahyn] / maɪn /
NOUN
deposit, supply
Synonyms
STRONGEST
field pit quarry reserve store
STRONG
abundance bed bonanza ditch excavation fount fountain fund hoard lode shaft source spring stock treasury trench vein wealth well wellspring
WEAK
gold mine treasure trove
Antonyms
STRONG
end lack result
VERB
dig up
Synonyms
STRONGEST
drill excavate extract shovel unearth
STRONG
burrow delve hew pan quarry sap scoop work
WEAK
dig for
Antonyms
WEAK
bury
PRONOUN
that which belongs to
Synonyms
STRONG
hers his its theirs yours

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a different word for mine?
We don’t traditionally think of the possessive word mine as having synonyms, but there are several situations in which it can replace—or be replaced with—another term. my Sometimes you can reword what you’re saying to use my instead of mine. For example, instead of saying This seat is mine, you could say This is my seat.  Mine is also an archaic form of my. This was especially used before a word beginning with a vowel sound, as in mine eyes, or following a noun, as in I must do what is duty mine.  my own  The phrase my own is sometimes used as a more emphatic way of saying mine, as in The fault is my own. ours Instead of saying things like This house is mine and hers, we usually use the plural form ours, as in This house is ours.
What is the antonym of mine?
Strictly speaking, mine doesn’t have a definitive antonym in the same sense that short is the antonym of long. Of course, possession and association are often distinguished by using contrasting possessives, such as in statements like This responsibility is mine—it’s not yours. In this sense, all of the other possessive words could be considered the opposite of mine, including yours, hers, his, and theirs. On the other hand, one person’s possession of something does not mean that someone else can’t possess it as well. This is indicated in a lot of popular expressions, such as what’s mine is yours.
What kind of word is mine?
Mine is a pronoun. It’s a form of the possessive case of the personal pronoun I that’s used as a predicate adjective (a type of adjective that modifies or describes the subject of a sentence or clause and is linked to the subject by a linking verb, such as a form of the verb be), as in That pencil is mine. It can also be used as a pronoun that functions as the subject, as in Mine is the red one.  Like the similar possessive words yours, hers, theirs, and ours, mine stands alone and typically never accompanies another noun as a modifier. In contrast, the word his can be used as both a possessive pronoun (as in That jacket is his) or a possessive adjective (as in That is his jacket). Mine is used along with first person pronouns (like I and me), which refer to the speaker or writer themselves. Other first person possessive forms include my, our, and ours. In contrast, second person pronouns (like you and yourself) are used to address the person being spoken to or reading. Possessive forms of these include your and yours. Third person pronouns (like he, she, they, him, her, and them) refer to anyone other than the person doing the addressing or the ones being addressed. Third person possessive forms include his, her, hers, their, and theirs.

Example Sentences

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"He's mine, I'm his, but I didn't feel like he's someone I need to take forward in my future with me," she says.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Twin Metals Minnesota, the Antofagasta subsidiary that will run the mine, said in January this year that it hadn’t chosen a final processor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

“It isn’t benefiting today because you cannot open a uranium mine in less than 10 years and you cannot build a reactor in less than 10 years,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

They included several sites in the capital Pyongyang, as well as public grounds such as defunct airfields, riverbanks, farmland and open-storage yards for mine waste.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

I reached out and took her hand in mine.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

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