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she

[shee] / ʃi /

PRONOUN

nominative singular pronoun

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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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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What separates Dean from the U.K. pop-soul tradition she emerged from, though, is the simple fact that she has hits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Jackson didn’t render an ultimate decision on this question, but strongly suggested that she would side with a transgender litigant who presented this argument in a future case.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026

"I woke up this morning and I didn't have to carry my ID anymore," Maria Jesus Walda, a 34-year-old civil engineer, told AFP as she headed into Gibraltar.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

Lindsey Rae Thompson, who’s been looking for a job for several months, has been devoting at least an hour to each cover letter she crafts.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

He offers her a plate of food—buttery pancakes with syrup—but she is too sick and tired to eat.

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

In his view, it shows that investors are interested in evaluating memory-chip makers on their own given the role they play in the AI buildout, rather than as part of the broader chip sector.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

The for-profit arm is now a Delaware public-benefit corporation, a for-profit company whose directors can balance profit, stakeholder interests, and a specified public mission—as they see fit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

California’s recyclable packaging law prohibits manufacturers from using a “chasing arrows” recycling symbol on products or materials unless they are actually being recycled in a meaningful way, which the law quantifies.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Most notably, they permit sex segregation in school athletics by sometimes requiring the creation of boys’ teams and girls’ teams.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026

The patients were not only deprived of basic needs; they were also deprived of their identities.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Dean’s set was full of classic stuff — pastel-hued horns, bossa nova piano, winking choreo from her full-suited backing band.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

And thanks to her hypnotic direction and Paksoy’s unpredictable performance, “Night Nurse” gives an old idea strange new youth.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

Of course, the supermajority did not heed her advice.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026

"I wanted to set something in that landscape as a way of reconnecting with her and to write about grief with humour and a lightness of touch."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

When Joey gets there, she is met by her friend’s husband.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Whenever we watch a silent film, it is helpful to remember that we are encountering an extraordinary survivor, for the vast majority of them are lost forever.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

The besotted “Dive” would make anyone swoon into whatever arms will have them.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

Residents have been receiving troubling calls from people pretending to be their grandchildren, swindling them out of thousands of dollars.

From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026

Doing so would relieve the court of diverting its other resources to these ethics matters or, worse, undervaluing them altogether.

From Slate ● Jul. 15, 2026

In 1795, the Destrehan Plantation, located in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana, was home to numerous slaves; among them was Abigail Humburg.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Kath Main from Wales is fighting to claim the money, saying that she had felt "sick" when she found out the "winning numbers had matched hers", the Sun reports.

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

My cancer was more treatable, although the cure was much rougher than hers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

No pictures of Swift's dress have been released yet -- and Dua Lipa took a fortnight before revealing hers.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

She is that queen who’s ready to claim what’s hers or die trying.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2026

The others lay quiet, Jonn and Allun rolled up like caterpillars in their blankets, Marlie lying flat with hers flung over her.

From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda

Many nonprofits reported that they are struggling with tight budgets, making it difficult to meet the growing needs of their communities, the Boston Fed said.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

The directors not only harmed Unilever and its investors but achieved the opposite of their perceived mission.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

“Investors may be weary of CoreWeave trying to boost its performance through financial derivatives at a time their core AI cloud business is seeing increased competition,” D.A.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026

For modern artists of the time such as Pablo Picasso and Marcel Duchamp, found objects were part of their raw materials.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

Like the other residents of Carville, Gertie had anticipated Joey’s arrival, but she wasn’t aware of their special connection to Santo Tomas.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"Machines cannot read our tacit knowledge and we cannot read theirs," he writes.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 14, 2026

"I want to make sure everyone else my age is completing theirs when they get one – it's so easy to do and for me it was life-changing."

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

This leaves disgruntled adult children weighing what to do to reclaim money they feel is rightfully theirs.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026

It was a relative victory compared with the yearslong battles competitors are still fighting to get theirs flying.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026

Much of that land, however, wasn’t theirs to transfer.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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