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.

This kid is what I feel like our team should be like on a day-to-day basis,’ and he’s done a really good job of that,” Chesney said Monday while recalling his first impression of Martin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

"Thank you for being here! I need you now more than ever," she added.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

“I don’t know exactly what happened. And I haven’t heard the report back. But hoping for the best for him.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

"Today, Elwood and I lost a great friend and collaborator, and the world lost one of the most naturally innovative drummers and a great and true son of Texas," Gibbons said.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

I said at the beginning that you could decide for yourself what kind of luck he had at the end.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Caleb said he was told the Llantrisant Mace was older than most of the Crown Jewels and survived Oliver Cromwell trying to melt down any remaining precious metal bearing Charles I's crest.

From BBC ● Jun. 18, 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

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

“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

When Treelore was a little thing, I put on a old coat from some lady I’s waiting on and Treelore, he look at me funny, back away.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Reading “This Is Me” now, it is impossible not to feel an almost supernatural chill.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Is there a simple strategy that you wish you had known when you first started investing?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026

MarketWatch: Is there a sector or theme that investors are overlooking right now?

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026

"From a very young age, I lost the chance to have a normal childhood, friends, relationships, and my privacy," Panettiere wrote in her revealing autobiography, This Is Me, which was published earlier this year.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

Is this what it means to be grown?

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

"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

A Japanese company of Seven & i's size has never been bought by a firm from overseas.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 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

He tries it in various styles, his hand unaccustomed to the angles of the N, the dotting of the two i’s.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

David Wachsman, a spokesperson for World Liberty Financial, disputed the criticism, saying the preliminary approval is “great news for consumer and investor protection advocates and for the American financial services industry.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

ZZ Top is mourning the loss of longtime drummer Frank Beard, who has died at age 77 after years of facing health-related issues.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

The dance category is returning after a seven-year hiatus.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

The “Fate of Ophelia” singer is hoping to add to her record 30 Moon Persons.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

Life for Joey is on an upswing, and she wants to keep it that way.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

“You just felt Cole’s personality and his infectious positivity, and I just said, ‘Man, we need this kid to stay.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

“Up until this point, we have really seen most Republicans align with President Trump’s policies,” Adriel Orozco, senior policy counsel at the American Immigration Council, told me.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

"Please don't put these coins in, if you want to do something with your coin stick it in the charity box and we can use that money for good purposes," he said.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Although we viewers are told only that the setting is “East Africa,” the series was apparently shot in Kenya’s Maasai Mara National Reserve.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

“I’m sorry I was so loud before. I didn’t know we were having company,” she says pointedly as she looks across the table at her brother.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

“Up until this point, we have really seen most Republicans align with President Trump’s policies,” Adriel Orozco, senior policy counsel at the American Immigration Council, told me.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

The thought of being on an unscripted show and having somebody watch me and letting them see all of my quirks—terrifies me.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

The Emmy Award-winner also told the podcast a "next echelon" Oscar win still had "allure to me".

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Klitschko wrote that news of the actor’s death “saddens me deeply” and echoed a recurring sentiment expressed in a majority of tributes to Panettiere: “She left this world far too soon.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

I sit, the wagon behind me, trying to gather the right words.

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

America might not have a monarchy, but that doesn’t mean most of us won’t try to bow at fame’s feet at some point.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2026

"I think that meant something very special to each of us, and I think we continue to try to live in that way."

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

The novel introduces us to twin sisters who play, and come to deeply inhabit, the roles of a single girl’s body and soul during Victorian-era séances staged by their parents.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

For the rest of us, it functions to preserve our last shreds of shared reality at a time of rapidly developing make-stuff-up machines.

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

It’s as if they think the drawn river will come alive, bursting and showering us with venom and water.

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

"We cycled back to mine and realised it was just across the road... it's pretty mental."

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

It’s been so cool and my fiancé, Chad Daniels, who is also a comedian, shot his Netflix special at the Fitzgerald Theater, the same place I shot mine.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

"I wanted any child of mine to have the choice of being able to contact the donor," said Rachel.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

Now, a proposed mine is splitting the community.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

At last Betsie’s and mine were called: “Prisoner 66729, Prisoner 66730.”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

Speaking about her daughters to the Telegraph in 2017, external, Law said: "They are both my colleagues in a way. They didn't follow in our footsteps, they rushed past us, trampling on us."

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

This is not on my agenda, but when the time comes to hand over the stewardship of the show, I will be very excited to do it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

“But the best thing for my daughter was to make sure she was OK, take care of myself and make sure I could be a good mom to her. And sometimes that means letting go.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

The company has made claims about its accuracy that strain my own credulity; a Pangram blog post last year stated that it had a “1 in 10,000 false positive rate.”

From Slate ● Aug. 18, 2026

The Bible teaches me to respect my father.

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

This kid is what I feel like our team should be like on a day-to-day basis,’ and he’s done a really good job of that,” Chesney said Monday while recalling his first impression of Martin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026

The Welsh government said the project would "create jobs and grow our economy".

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

If I’m walking around with our dogs, I’m listening to a podcast.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026

"Today, it threatens every aspect of our political and legal system," he added.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

“Someday I hope you will come to our lovely country,” she writes.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

"The stories he tells are about this land. The question is not whether we should claim Homer or not. His story is also ours," he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 17, 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

As much as we might wish otherwise, Kylie Jenner and Taylor Swift are not like us, and we cannot measure their autonomy and power on the same scale as ours.

From Slate ● Aug. 5, 2026

Anthropic added that it is "approaching the fixes as if the responsibility were ours alone."

From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026

He thought so much of that little old farm of ours, he wouldn’t have stopped working to watch a herd of elephants march down the road.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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