yous
/iːz/UK/juːz/
yous pronoun: you. Also the plural of you.
Pronoun
yous
- You.
- What are yous up to tonight?
- "How could anyone get hurted so simple as that? I'd be the last in the world to speak of such a thing in that case! But if yous are afraid of doing it..."1915, Charles L Graves, Humours of Irish life, page 255
- You.
- ‘Dere ain't no use for me dis side, Mr. Chames,’ he said. ‘New York's de spot. Youse don't want none of me, now you're married.’1909, PG Wodehouse, The Gem Collector
- ‘Yous will meet us here outside this pub,’ Harry Curniskey said.1938, Patrick Kavanagh, The Green Fool
Determiner
yous
- The group spoken or written to.
- What are yous kids doin?
- "Go and find out who did it, before you come blaming me for it." "It's only youse crowd wot comes makin' a pigsty of the place," said Melons conclusively.1913, Norman Lindsay, A Curate in Bohemia, Sydney: N.S.W. Bookstall Co., published 1932, page 20
Proper noun capitalized: Yous
Yous
- plural of You
Also used as
yous is also the plural of you.
yous is also the third-person singular simple present indicative form of you.
Examples of yous in a sentence
- ‘But what I also seen is that youse have never had a real man before, datin' all them boys.1988, Kathy Lette, Girls' Night Out:
- "What can I do for youse?" "First off, information."2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 81:
Synonyms of yous
- the list of other second-person pronouns at you
Forms of yous
| alternative form | youse |
|---|---|
| alternative form | youz |
| alternative form | youze |
| alternative form | yuh |
| alternative form | ya |
Origin of yous
From you + -s (plural suffix).
Phrases with yous
Words that rhyme with yous
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- amuse
- bemuse
- choose
- excuse
- misuse
- muse
- ooze
- peruse
- accuse
- booze
- druse
- news
- ruse
- snooze
- suffuse
- transfuse
- who's
- whose
- circumfuse
- cooze
- defuse
- diffuse
- enthuse
- flues
- fuze
- jalouse
- mews
- perfuse
- snooz
- Toulouse
- twos
- 'scuse
- accrues
- aloos
- bambooze
- blooze
- boos
- boose
- brews
- canoes
- chews
- clews
- clues
- construes
- contuse
- coos
- coups
- crews
Questions about yous
- What does yous mean?
- Yous means you.
- How do you use yous in a sentence?
- ‘But what I also seen is that youse have never had a real man before, datin' all them boys.
- What part of speech is yous?
- Yous can be a pronoun, a determiner or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce yous?
- Yous is pronounced /juːz/ (UK).
Words near yous in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: yous (page history and authors); Yous (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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