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she

[shee] / ʃi /

PRONOUN

nominative singular pronoun

Synonyms

STRONGEST

I he it sie they ve xe you ze zie

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a synonym for she?

We don’t traditionally think of she as having synonyms, but there are some situations in which it can be reworded or replaced with another word or phrase. she herself Sometimes, the phrase she herself is used to emphasize that a person did something entirely by herself or that it was done by her as opposed to others. For example, saying She cast the deciding vote may be a neutral statement, but saying She herself cast the deciding vote indicates that there was some significance to the fact that it was she who did it. her Sometimes a sentence can be reworded to replace the subject she with the equivalent object her. For example, the question “When do you expect she will arrive?” could be reworded as “When do you expect her to arrive?” In this case, it’s a more natural-sounding question, but this kind of rewording can be done for a number of reasons. Her is also commonly used after linking verbs (like is and was) in sentences like It was her that I saw on the train or It is her in that picture.

What can you use instead of the word she?

She is used to stand in for more specific words, like Dr. Harris, Jennifer, or the pilot. So, if there’s a chance that using she might be confusing (such as when more than one woman is mentioned in the sentence), you can always use the name or title of the person instead of referring to her as she. Take this sentence, for example: “If we invite Mrs. Smith’s daughter, do you think she would come?” The she in this sentence could refer to Mrs. Smith or her daughter, so it may be more clear to reword it as: “If we invite Mrs. Smith’s daughter, do you think her daughter would come?” (or by replacing she with Mrs. Smith, if that’s what you mean). Of course, there are a number of other ways to say this, including using a specific name. In some situations, it can be considered impolite to refer to someone as she or her when that person is in your presence—especially when you haven’t already acknowledged them or addressed them by name. To avoid this, it’s always best to refer to a person by name, especially when it’s the first time you’re referring to them.

Is she a pronoun?

She is a personal pronoun. Pronouns are used as substitutes for nouns—they’re another way of referring to a noun without using a specific name. Personal pronouns are used to refer to the speaker, to the person being addressed, or the person being talked about. She is categorized as a third person pronoun (like he, they, him, her, and them), meaning it’s used to refer to anyone other than the person doing the communicating or the people being addressed. In contrast, first person pronouns (like I and me) refer to the speaker or writer themselves, and the second person pronoun you is used to address the person being spoken to or reading. She is used as a subject. Its object counterpart is her.

Example Sentences

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“We were not using abusive language; we were using criticizing language,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

But whether the millennial showrunners who came in Dunham’s wake will admit it or not, they’re following the model she laid out.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Torossian said she was told by the British Embassy in Stockholm that the original deportation decision would not be enforced by the authorities while the injunction order was considered.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

She told a local coordinator she believed the 37th image -- showing the pale, swollen face of a man lying on a pebbled riverbed -- was her childhood best friend.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

We know she was less than five feet tall and fewer than one hundred pounds, yet tough enough to cross battlefields as bullets rained around her.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

When shes walks up to our table at a cafe in Calabasas, there are no cameras and no filters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2024

Another student wrote: “Mrs. Solomon is special … very organizd and shes fun. … She does not emberes me like other teachers.”

From Washington Post ● May 19, 2022

"She's missed important doctors appointments shes had since a baby due to her disability in her eye."

From Fox News ● Jan. 13, 2022

Many females can relate to Ruby #EastEnders & how shes feeling about whats happened & how she feels about herself after.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2018

Old Frau Stresemann, shes one of our neighbors, she says she can hear Deutschlandsender broadcasts in her tooth fillings.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

Female protesters say they are stunned by the negative attention their actions have drawn.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Since they frequently fail, millennial protagonists suffer from a modern sort of arrested development.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

"These incidents are dreadful anywhere they happen, it has hit the town of Dungannon at this point in time and the community here will react and respond to that."

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Employers want to ensure the people they’re hiring really know what they’re talking about and are who they say they are.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

They study enemy troops from the relative safety of their homes and write down as much information as they can.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The Wall Street Journal was unable to reach Singh or her mother directly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Quinta Brunson’s scraping schoolteacher Janine Teagues in “Abbott Elementary” hopes to grow into the roles modeled by classroom veterans before rent and bills push her out of the profession.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Torossian explained that due to Mason's health conditions, a "god man" - a legally appointed trustee - was given power of attorney to look after her dad's affairs.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

The experience is far from limited to her particular vehicle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

She spends time learning carpentry and eventually builds her own desk.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Kumar, the BJP social-media worker in Uttar Pradesh, said that when women apologized on social media, he deleted his tweets about them and no further action was pursued.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

“I could mention hundreds of ingredients, but the basis of using them is to have our guests fully immersed in Australia.”

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Sinn Féin assembly member Colm Gildernew said Lisnahull is a "very close community" and that people in the area would reach out to those affected to support them.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

“There are entrenched businesses like Salesforce that own a very proprietary set of data that make them much more formidable in this new era, and also probably a much bigger benefactor of the technology.”

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 30, 2026

To bring them into balance, Dr. Harlow prescribes two powerful drugs—an "emetic" to make Phineas throw up and a "purgative," a powerful laxative, to evacuate his bowels.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

“If the money was hers legally and she gave the donation, I don’t see what the problem is,” he said recently.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

She said the kind of work ethic needed to grow an organization such as hers meant it was challenging to take time off.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

I receive Social Security Disability benefits, and my benefit amount is significantly higher than hers.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 4, 2026

In the book, Lakia says that all her family, on both sides, have jet-black straight hair but hers turned red during her childhood.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026

She swings her pack so it lightly bumps mine, and I bump hers back.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

In the subsequent days and weeks, the young women who marched are paying a steep price for their activism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

In the wake of the Global Financial Crisis, her characters scraped together jobs to support passion projects that were overwrought and beyond their grasp.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

Earlier this week, Barcelona's pursuit of Atletico Madrid striker Julian Alvarez - also an Arsenal target - appeared to end as sources told BBC Sport that Atletico would not negotiate with their Spanish rivals.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Thousands of young Indians took to the streets this summer to air their grievances over difficulties in securing places at universities and finding good jobs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

It will take careful planning, indeed, but the Japanese imperialists believe they must advance if they want to fulfill their vision.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

I don’t have one, and I’d be careful with anyone selling you theirs.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

An 82-year-old retired doctor who recently lost his wife of nearly 60 years was struggling with whether to continue traveling, a passion of theirs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

“My whole thing is: When you use generative AI to come up with ideas, people forget what ideas were theirs and what ideas were the computer’s,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

Helen Richardson-Walsh knew Olympic gold was theirs while observing the Dutch players' behaviour in the tunnel before the game.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

So, since Emma was out of the room, and since nobody had labeled the jar as theirs, Jake popped open the top and gobbled down the jelly beans, one fistful at a time.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein

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