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whatstheirname

whatstheirname is the alternative form of what's-their-name.

Meaning of what's-their-name

Pronoun

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

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

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

Forms of whatstheirname

Pronoun
pluralwhatstheirnames
Noun
pluralwhatstheirnames

Questions about whatstheirname

What is whatstheirname the alternative form of?
Whatstheirname is the alternative form of what's-their-name.

Words near whatstheirname in the dictionary

  1. whatsoever
  2. whatsomever
  3. Whatstandwell
  4. whatstheirface
  5. whatstheirfaces
  6. whatstheirname
  7. whatstheirnames
  8. whatta
  9. whattas
  10. whattaya
  11. whatten

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whatstheirname (page history and authors); what's-their-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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