us

[uhs] / ʌs /

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objective plural pronoun pron.
United States n.

PRONOUN

objective plural pronoun

Synonyms

STRONGEST

them you

U.S.

NOUN

United States

Synonyms

WEAK

America Land of Liberty New World U.S.A. US US of A USA land of opportunity the States

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a synonym for us?

We don’t traditionally think of us as having synonyms, but there are several situations in which it can replace—or be replaced with—another word, phrase, or series of words. we Sometimes, you can reword a sentence that uses the object form us to instead use the subject form we, or vice versa. For example, instead of saying Luckily, the storm didn’t affect us, you could say Luckily, we weren’t affected by the storm. me and _____ The main job of us is to serve as a way of not having to name every person in a group of two or more people. Sometimes, though, it’s best to be clear by naming them. Instead of saying Dave walked home with us, you could say Dave walked home with me and Emily (or Emily and me). all of us The phrase all of us can be used instead of us by itself to emphasize the entirety of the group that’s present, as in This gift is from all of us.

What can you use instead of the word us?

In cases when you want to avoid speaking for a group, you can just say me. There are ways that you can acknowledge part of the group but not all of it. For example, you could say something like This is the right decision for me—and, I think, for many of us.

What kind of pronoun is us?

Us 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. Us is an objective pronoun—it’s the object form of the nominative pronoun we. In other words, we is typically used as a subject of a sentence, while us is typically used as an object. Personal pronouns are used to refer to the speaker (first person), to the person being addressed (second person), or the person being talked about (third person). Us is categorized as a first person pronoun because it refers to the group of people who are speaking or writing—addressing others.

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us U.S.

The paper quotes part of his "extraordinary address" in its headline: "You will need to fight for us".

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 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

“I think there was a cultural shift and there was a conversation that needed to be had, about what happens on the island. And what that means to those of us who are not there.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

The Whitney’s show might not fully introduce us to a new version of Roy Lichtenstein, but it certainly provides a fresh perspective on an artist we already know so well.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

Doesn’t seem fair that they have to pull, carry us.

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

It’s unclear when Zhang returned to the U.S. and reunited with Xuan.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Co-founders Doug Ostrover and Marc Lipschultz built Blue Owl into a star of the private-credit industry, a parallel banking system with loans stretching across the U.S. economy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Krems has blamed the alleged abuse on the couple’s nannies and suggested Xuan and Zhang are the victims of rising anti-Chinese sentiment in the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Understand the world with the help of the Muppets: In 2012, Dahlia Lithwick published a piece of cultural analysis that permanently altered how readers viewed their marriages, their workplaces, and the U.S.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Subprime mortgage lending was still a trivial fraction of the U.S. credit markets—a few tens of billions in loans each year—but its existence made sense, even to Steve Eisman.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

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