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whatshername

whatshername is the alternative form of what's-her-name.

Meaning of what's-her-name

Pronoun

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

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

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

Forms of whatshername

Pronoun
pluralwhatstheirnames
Noun
pluralwhatshernames

Questions about whatshername

What is whatshername the alternative form of?
Whatshername is the alternative form of what's-her-name.

Words near whatshername in the dictionary

  1. whatserface
  2. whatsername
  3. whatsernames
  4. whatsever
  5. whatsherface
  6. whatshername
  7. whatshernames
  8. whatshisface
  9. whatshisname
  10. whatshisnames
  11. whatsis

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whatshername (page history and authors); what's-her-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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