Definitions

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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To reflect new U.S. tariffs on some wool it imports, Erin Pretty has raised some prices at Real Wool Shop, the clothing business she manages in Carleton, Ontario.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Heather is part of one of the passing floats, and tells me she is a steelpan player, although today she's "just partying" on her float.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Still, she suspects that on some level he knew that if he complained or showed weakness, he might be excluded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Yunisha appears tearful as she recalls that moment.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

Joey is a deeply devout Catholic, so she views her suffering through the lens of her faith.

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

Some clients have already told him they might look elsewhere because of the tariffs, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Daniel explains that his wife, Rachel, is from the Caribbean island and they have all just returned from their first family holiday there.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

"For the moment, we have no reliable information regarding the perpetrators. We do not know whether it is a single person or several, nor whether they fled in a vehicle or on foot," he said.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

But many small and medium-size Canadian business owners are expected to bear the brunt of the pain, and some fear they could be put out of business without a resolution to the trade spat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Hooke, they realize, was seeing empty cork cells because they were dead.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

The dons got a measure of meretricious revenge on Thatcher in 1985 when Oxford voted to deny her an honorary degree.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

I then try to show Betty how to take card payments on her phone.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

To get a clearer picture of the subduction zone beneath the northern Oregon coast, Wirth and her colleagues installed 192 temporary nodal seismometers during the summers of 2021 and 2022.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

She watched alongside her husband, JPL Roman project scientist Jason Rhodes, from the space center.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Still, she doesn’t want to go to Novaliches—especially after what Father Monaghan has told her about Tala.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

The pattern accelerated after the Cold War, when Washington harvested the “peace dividend,” cutting forces and procurement and allowing much of the production capacity behind them to disappear.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

With roads cut off and transport disrupted, many remained stranded for two nights before rescue efforts reached them.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

"Certain elements suggest they may no longer be in the area, but we have still deployed a significant police presence in the region ... so that we can arrest them if they are still there."

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Once inside the body, they search for cells carrying CD19 and attack them.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026

On the smallest surface, there are hundreds of millions of them.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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

Asking tough, substantive questions to those in power is the job of every journalist, and Dana did hers incredibly well today.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 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

The next thing I knew I was awakened by Daisy, poking me with that old crutch of hers.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

And never do it in front of people outside the friend group, which is as indecorous and disloyal as family members airing their dirty laundry in public.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Federal law prohibits the FCC from censoring broadcasters, and the First Amendment sharply limits the government’s ability to punish news organizations for their editorial decisions.

From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026

The candidates were asked for their views on the drilling licences by Press Association after a hustings in Stirling before voting in the contest begins on Monday.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2026

As European allies invest more in their own defense, U.S. policy should encourage them to produce compatible weapons instead of separate weapons ecosystems.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026

Finally, just before dawn, when the sky is still dark, someone calls for the prisoners to make their way to the main building.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

Bournemouth have also been handed a tie against the Italians, although theirs will be on home soil.

From BBC ● Aug. 28, 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

Perhaps to their point, you aren’t burdened by your own children — don’t allow yourself to be burdened by theirs.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 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

At night, however, the apartment was theirs, and it was a place where Fabyan couldn’t interfere in their lives.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

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