Definitions

I

PRONOUN

nominative singular pronoun

Synonyms

STRONGEST

he it she sie they ve xe you ze zie

Frequently Asked Questions

What’s another way to say I?

We don’t traditionally think of I as having synonyms, but there are several situations in which it can replace—or be replaced with—another word, phrase, or series of words. me Me is sometimes used in place of I in a very informal way, as in Me and Greg are going hiking on Saturday. Such sentences are considered grammatically incorrect, but they’re very common in casual speech. It’s also commonly used after linking verbs (like is and was) in sentences like It’s me or as an alternative to the awkward-sounding It is I (or This is he or This is she). These kinds of constructions are especially common in situations when identifying yourself at someone’s door or on the phone, or perhaps when pointing yourself out in a photo (Hey, that’s me!). Though considered informal, this use of me is much more widely accepted. myself The word myself is sometimes used in place me or I, especially in cases in which there is a compound subject, object, or complement (meaning one that has more than one person or thing), as in John and myself were asked to attend or The event was planned by Kim and myself. slang synonyms for I There are a few creative, informal ways of referring to oneself. One common one is yours truly, which is often used as a way to end a letter before signing your name, but can also be used in place of me, myself, or I in certain cases, as in Guess what? Yours truly is the lucky winner. Other phrases can be used in the same way, such as this guy.

What can I say instead of I?

There may be some situations when you want to avoid using the words me or I in a piece of writing, such as in journalism or a scientific report. This is typically done to avoid focusing on the writer’s point of view and to create a sense of objectivity. In these cases, you can reword things to avoid referring to yourself altogether. For example, instead of saying I will further discuss this data in the next chapter, you could rephrase with a passive construction, as in This data will be further discussed in the next chapter. Though less common today, journalists have sometimes used terms like this writer when referring to themselves, especially in columns or opinion pieces, as in This writer will certainly not endorse such legislation. Despite the tradition of avoiding the use of me and I in journalism, using a firsthand point of view can be very effective and may even be preferable in certain cases, especially when the writer is a part of the story being told.

What kind of pronoun is I?

I 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 one communicating, to the one being addressed, or the one being talked about. I is a nominative pronoun, meaning that it’s typically used as a subject of a sentence. On the other hand, me is an objective pronoun, which means that it’s used as an object. I, along with me (and forms like myself and mine), is categorized as a first person pronoun, meaning it refers to the speaker or writer themselves. In contrast, a second person pronoun (like you) is one that’s used to address the person being spoken to or reading. 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. In literature, first-person point of view is a common form of narration in which the events of the story are told using the first person, as if the action is happening from the point of view of the narrator.

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Years ago, when I suggested using tactics drawn from my education in health communication and experience as a communication consultant for the CDC and for-profit health companies, I was usually scoffed at or dismissed.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

"I don't think it'll come in the house but it might come up the garden."

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

When I was pregnant with my daughter in 2016, I started getting at least one inquiry a week from friends and acquaintances who were also expecting.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

"Can Liam play for the biggest clubs in the country, the biggest clubs in the world? He certainly can. I fully believe that."

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

I want to tell Father, “Stop, slow,” but I can feel how his spirit, his mind are trying to rush pass sadness.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

The medieval Cloth Hall and St. Martin’s Church were two of the most prominent monuments in Ypres, Belgium, and among World War I’s early casualties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 15, 2026

The company taking the top spot on Gauntlet I’s leaderboard External link was Skycutter, a British startup that partnered with Ukrainian drone company SkyFall.

From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026

“Yeah, it takes us a little longer, but we dot our I’s and we cross our Ts,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2024

Child I's mother suggested senior managers should face sanctions if they ignore whistleblowers' concerns.

From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2024

All I'm thinking is how I's the one that set him to dusting.

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

MarketWatch: Is there something the bond market knows that we do not?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 26, 2026

Selina Brown, a U.K. author whose book “My Rice Is Best” was selected by the Imagination Library this year, said that 14,000 copies had been distributed across the U.K. to children in underprivileged areas.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

Joe Belham, Manchester: Is there any data to prove if left-handed or right-handed batters are better across the history of the sport?

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

"Is there a rabbit in the hat? No, I think the hat is empty," William Galston, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026

“And then Sally will bring out tea and shortbread while we talk. Or if it’s after one o’clock she can bring out cucumber sandwiches. Is it after one?”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

"I had really dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's of the experiment," he said.

From Science Daily ● May 18, 2026

I care that you dot your i’s, you cross your t’s, that if you say you’re going to do something, you do it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

The i's Anna Bonet added Intermezzo is "mature and profound and feels like a culmination of everything she has done before".

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2024

They want to make sure they're dotting all the i's and crossing all the t's, to make sure these are the correct identifications.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2023

She wrote in big curling script, and she dotted her letter i’s with stars.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon

Shortly after, he announced $1.7 billion in additional funding would go toward roads and bridges, though it is unclear how much of that came from grants he had already canceled for bike infrastructure.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

But a lenient countermessage framed as female autonomy is no better.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

Duffy, the former “Real World” cast member turned bureaucrat, is an ideal person to deliver that message.

From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026

I know from my decades of work in public health—including at the nation’s largest health department and public hospital system—how often communication is treated as a final, trivial step.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

Others say there is a supernatural force inside Mount Banahaw that pulls airplanes and helicopters down from the sky.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

That arrogance is in part how we got here.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

"That methane we use as a fuel for engines that run generators and the generators produce electricity - and we then inject the electricity back into the National Grid," he explained.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

"In response to the surge in fuel prices, we quickly adjusted fares and capacity, and redeployed aircraft to give customers more options to fly to Europe."

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

There aren’t any studies that assess exposure to that advice and drinking during pregnancy, so we can’t conclude that it is among the reasons drinking during pregnancy has increased.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

“Can we reschedule this debate? It is my birthday, after all,” I point out.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

There may or may not be a role for the International Trade Commission,” Busch, the Karl F. Landegger Professor of International Business Diplomacy at Georgetown University, told me.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

"They embody a sense of stability and gives me peace of mind."

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

"It hurts me to see this," weaver Bashir Ahmad, 78, told AFP.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Don’t get me wrong, I am not underestimating the importance of water.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

“My wife and children are sick. Give me more!”

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The Amicus bonus episode puts out a humble request: Tell us how you’re reclaiming the Constitution for yourself, your loved ones, your neighbors, and your community.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

“Ever the planner, Dolly worked with the team that she handpicked, for the past several years to build a project roadmap that will guide us for decades to come.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

For most of us, that will keep us well hydrated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

Last month, the Journal of the American Medical Association published the results of a study that should concern all of us.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

When Dad told us about Candace, he assured us that they were careful about where they went and how late they stayed out.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Nexa Resources owns and operates two underground mines and an open-pit mine in Peru, two underground mines in Brazil, along with two zinc smelters in Brazil and one in Peru.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

At some point between the blacksmithery heat, second loaf of cinnamon bread and feeling my soul leave my body aboard a haunted coal mine coaster, it hit me that this simply will never happen again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026

The Telegraph suggests Burnham's visit has also seen him receive a "gold mine" of secret battlefield intelligence to help "protect the UK from Russian spies and saboteurs".

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

With public financing, they developed a pilot program to collect the runoff at a retired coal mine in Mount Storm.

From Barron's ● Aug. 22, 2026

A whimper rose from behind Lloyd’s pillow, and maybe mine.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

When I was pregnant with my daughter in 2016, I started getting at least one inquiry a week from friends and acquaintances who were also expecting.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

Herrera says he has "never had idols from Real Madrid or Barcelona - my idols were Real Zaragoza players"

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

"My wish after my death is that the eternally bright future, the beauty of human love and my soul will be passed on," Kusama told reporters in 2017.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

Years ago, when I suggested using tactics drawn from my education in health communication and experience as a communication consultant for the CDC and for-profit health companies, I was usually scoffed at or dismissed.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2026

I wear two shirts beneath my sack jacket.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

"The grim physical state he found himself in has now ended, a blessing. Our blessing was that we had Tim Curry in our lives. RIP, my friend," he wrote.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

"I will do my very best in my role to ensure that our team wins the championship and brings back the gold medal."

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

And here’s the other thing: Roughly 20% of our fluids come directly from food, studies have found.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026

What is the truth lying beneath our feet?

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

“I’m a Samuels. I can claim land for our family.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

Dolly was one of us, ours, but of course she was also much more.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

"Only studies like ours offer an overview of these traditions which bear witness to genuine know-how and diverse traditions."

From Science Daily ● Aug. 21, 2026

I have four kids — two are mine and two are my wife’s — but they are all ours in every meaningful sense.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026

Someone who joined us in sharing our heartbreak on social media when Kobe Bryant died in 2020, calling him “a friend and a fan of ours, full of life and taken from us too soon.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

We were coming to Putnam County to put Death in its place, and instead it had put us squarely back in ours.

From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant

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