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Synonyms of them

5 similar words

Another word for them is they. Other synonyms of them are em, 'em, dem and hem.

Synonyms and similar words for them

nounSynonym of they (“a non-binary person”).

  • theyA non-binary person.

pronounMore synonyms

  • em colloquialA gender-neutral third-person singular object pronoun, the objective case of ey or e, equivalent to the singular them...
  • 'em colloquialThem (now only in unstressed position).
  • dem nonstandard(clitic, suffix) A group of.
  • hem obsolete

Meaning of them

  1. pronoun Used as the direct object of a verb.
  2. pronoun Used as the indirect object of a verb.
  3. pronoun Used as the object of a preposition.

Full definition of them

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Questions about synonyms of them

What is another word for them?
Them has 5 synonyms on Word.ws, such as they, em, 'em, dem and hem.
What does them mean?
Them means used as the direct object of a verb.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: them (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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