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.

"I think we ought to hear the voice of people there first. It's not right for me to just jump straight in on the back of the consultation," he added.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

As an adult, I have cousins I haven’t seen in so long I’m not sure I’d recognize them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

"And I find myself up a Scottish Highland, wheelbarrowing along a very large head. It's really exciting."

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

I know one family in which the matriarch left a Colorado ski house to her four children, now in their 70s, with rules intended to keep the home in the family.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

“No, do as I say,” Father says roughly.

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

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

They include everything from sketches of Apple logos to the bench and desk of the Apple I’s presentation at the Homebrew Computer Club a half-century ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 3, 2026

Another important part of Victor I's legacy was to introduce Latin as the common language of the Catholic Church.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2025

“I don’t carry beef with people. And I’m not going to get into the history of Doc and I’s relationship right now. And I probably won’t ever. He’s fine in my book.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2024

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

From "How It Went Down" by Kekla Magoon

Read next: Is iPhone 18 demand cooling off?

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

Is it a spoiler to say he won’t?

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

Is that his dad’s voice Jay hears gurgling from the beast’s belly?

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026

It’s a veritable feast for the ears, and “My Aim Is True” is a worthy subject for all of the attendant attention.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026

Is it possible that I did the best I could, with the choices I had?

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Now, there are still some t’s to cross and i’s to dot.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

"If I'm making a decision that is highly likely to be in legal challenge, I want to make sure I've dotted my i's and crossed my t's," she added.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

"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

CPAs, those folks who can add columns of 9s in their heads, have been advising MDs since the 1980s to dot their i’s, cross their t’s, and never accept IOUs.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

His predecessor Rachel Reeves had put Heathrow expansion at the centrepiece of an argument that Britain is open for business.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

However, many in Hollywood, its unions, and the public at large are suspicious of the surge in AI use, worried it is stealing the work of human creatives and taking people’s jobs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

"The formal position now is that the consultation is closed, led by the Transport Department. We're reviewing those, and then further decisions and announcements will follow," Healey told reporters.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“If that is what happened here, the critical question is why authentication safeguards, access restrictions, and monitoring systems failed to detect and stop the unauthorized activity.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Not only is she passionate, intelligent, and friendly, she is an unequivocal war hero.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

We’re not estranged; we just haven’t invested energy in staying closely connected.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

"We're looking forward to the challenge. They are stacked full of world-class players who play across the NRL, so we know what we are in for, but we are fully prepared and ready."

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

“I can’t express how profoundly grateful and moved we are by Steven’s offer to help him complete his vision.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

"She was crying a lot, but we didn't know what had happened" at that point, the person told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

On both sides of the river, we see overturned wagons, empty crates and ammunition casks, soaked grain sacks.

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

Asked about the cuts at a news conference before Sunday's trip to Nottingham Forest, Arteta initially said "this question is not for me" before offering a brief response.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

“It would have been highly presumptuous for me just to make a rash decision about what we were going to do without listening,” he said of the compact.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

“There’s nothing relatable to me about the very done, precise hairstyles we’ve seen before,” said Nadia Stacey, the hair and makeup designer of “Sense and Sensibility,” in a recent interview with British Vogue.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

"If I don't speak today, no one will speak for me later," he told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Even in the Red River, her eyes never stopped signaling her trust and belief in me.

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

Typically in autumn the jet stream would be a regular visitor to the skies above the UK, steering wet and windy weather towards us.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

"It's a sad thing for us because we've never been drawn to those kinds of things."

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

“Is it based on colonial standards? Or is it based on maintaining our cultural richness and our legacy, that is handed down to us regardless of where we are?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Bruch’s setting, like some moments in Brian Friel’s plays, reminds us that no artists can make us nostalgic for places we’ve never been or for people we’ve never known like the Celts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The first clip is of some guy, a few years older than us, running away from an officer.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

So here we go, I've ranked mine below - you can have your say in the comments, too.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

Mark Zuckerberg named mine “Dash,” and whenever I open Muse, the cute little fella blinks at me as he swivels his necklike body part from right to left.

From Slate ● Oct. 14, 2026

Around 1,000 mine supervisors agreed to launch the protest after government-mediated talks between BHP and the union fell apart.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

There are more needs being met than just mine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

As the pupils got here to find Tansy in what looked like a coal mine, a broken woman, they fell to.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

So when his faithful status was revealed, she exclaimed: "Oh my God, my love was real!"

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

"I know him now and know what to expect. I'm ready to go and do my job," the Londoner said.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

The show argues that Lichtenstein—a figurehead of “appropriation art” before it was a term—embraced subjects and styles used my mass media in ways that make his work “strikingly prescient and remarkably relevant.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Democracy requires interactions, and if we cannot find a way to find common ground, that’s my big worry.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

I bury my face in Belle’s rough coat, willing myself not to cry.

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

The jet stream is largely responsible for developing and delivering our stormier pressure systems.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“We often refer to this as our hidden gem,” he said about the retail-fund business during a 2020 presentation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

"Benefits will be felt all over the country because our supply chain reaches all the way from the north all the way to the south of the UK," Woldbye said.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

“For operational security and the safety of our officers, ICE will not disclose or discuss law enforcement operations,” the spokesperson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

“You can’t see it on this map,” Caesar says, touching the dirt beyond our map, “but there’s more and more land west of Texas and Oklahoma. There’s a place called California. I’ve heard it’s beautiful.”

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

"That future is ours to build. Let us build," he said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

I tracked down two New Jersey record stores whose sites said they’d purchase all types of albums, so we carted ours to them.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

“Keeping kids safe requires rigorous independent evaluations like ours, and we hope OpenAI will engage on the substance of what we found, rather than trying to sow doubt on our methodology.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

“I didn’t really know anything about competition reality shows, but now I can see that ours, with the production value and the way it’s shot and the theatricality, is so different to the other ones.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

We can pick any place, any piece of forest or meadow, and make it ours.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone

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