those
UK/ðəʊz//ðoʊz/
those is the plural of that.
Meaning of that
Determiner
that (plural those)
- The (thing, person, idea, etc) indicated or understood from context, especially if more remote physically, temporally or mentally than one designated as “this”, or if expressing distinction.
- That book is a good read. This one isn't.
Synonyms of those
Antonyms
Origin of those
From Middle English thos (“those”), alteration of tho pl (“the; those”), equivalent to tho (“the; those”) + -s (plural ending), partly by analogy with thes (“these”), whose final -s is original and not a plural ending. More at tho.
Words formed from those
- all things come to those who wait
- God helps those who help themselves
- good things come to those who wait
- heaven helps those that help themselves
- heaven helps those who help themselves
- just one of those things
- one of those days
- one of those things
- the Lord helps those that help themselves
- the Lord helps those who help themselves
- there are none so blind as those who will not see
- there's none so blind as those who will not see
- thoseness
- those ones
- those people
- those that have get
- those that have get more
- those were the days
- those who have get
- those who have get more
- those who live in glass houses should not throw stones
- those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
- those who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those doing it
- to those it may concern
- with friends like those who needs enemies
Phrases with those
Words that rhyme with those
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- interpose
- propose
- gloze
- oppose
- disclose
- foreclose
- prose
- snows
- turn up one's nose
- unclose
- adipose
- appose
- arose
- chose
- counterpose
- croze
- decompose
- doze
- enclose
- froze
- hoes
- knows
- adoze
- apollos
- beaus
- beprose
- blows
- bose
- bros
- châteaux
- cloze
- coze
- crows
- does
- dos
- doughs
- fallows
- fellows
- flows
- foes
- follows
- foredispose
- frows
- glows
- goes
- grows
- hard-nose
- hollows
Questions about those
- What is those the plural of?
- Those is the plural of that.
- How do you pronounce those?
- Those is pronounced /ðəʊz/ (UK).
Words near those in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: those (page history and authors); that (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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