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whats'isname

whats'isname is the alternative form of what's-his-name.

Meaning of what's-his-name

Pronoun

what's-his-name (plural what's-their-names)

  1. (informal, singular) A man whose identity is unknown or forgotten (especially when better-known to the listener).
    • Near-synonyms: what's-his-face (what's-her-face, what's-their-face); whatchamacallhim (whatchamacallher); you-know-who; so-and-so; see also Thesaurus:what's-their-name

See all 2 meanings of what's-his-name

Forms of whats'isname

Pronoun
pluralwhatstheirnames
Noun
pluralwhats'isnames

Questions about whats'isname

What is whats'isname the alternative form of?
Whats'isname is the alternative form of what's-his-name.

Words near whats'isname in the dictionary

  1. whats
  2. whats'erface
  3. whats'ername
  4. whats'ernames
  5. whats'isface
  6. whats'isname
  7. whats'isnames
  8. whatsamatta
  9. whatsamatter
  10. whatsaname
  11. whatsanames

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whats'isname (page history and authors); what's-his-name (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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