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himself/herself

himself/herself is the reflexive of he/she.

Meaning of he/she

Pronoun

he/she (third person singular, plural they)

  1. (singular, third-person) He or she; singular of they, used as a gender-neutral reference to the third person singular.
    • Ask a receptionist if he/she is not busy.
    Synonyms:
    she/he, s/he, he, they

Synonyms of himself/herself

Forms of himself/herself

pluralthemselves
alternative formhim/herself
alternative formher/himself

Questions about himself/herself

What is himself/herself the reflexive of?
Himself/herself is the reflexive of he/she.

Words near himself/herself in the dictionary

  1. himpathetic
  2. himpathize
  3. himpathy
  4. hims
  5. himself
  6. himself/herself
  7. himselfe
  8. himselve
  9. himselves
  10. Himyar
  11. Himyaric

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Adapted from Wiktionary: himself/herself (page history and authors); he/she (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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