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them

  • /ˈðɛm/
  • [ˈðɪm]
  • [ˈðʌm] nonstandard
  • /ðəm/ unstressed

Rhymes with -ɛm

pronoun of they · dem

  1. in plural, personal, pronoun, third person Used as the direct object of a verb. She treated them for a cold.
  2. in plural, personal, pronoun, third person Used as the indirect object of a verb. She wrote them a letter.
  3. in plural, personal, pronoun, third person Used as the object of a preposition. Give it to them.
  4. colloquial, in plural, nonstandard, personal, pronoun, third person As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction. [...] and now them and the Goo Goo Dolls are playing together.
  5. in plural, personal, pronoun, third person Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be). Who was there? —Them.
  6. personal, pronoun, singular, third person Used as the direct object of a verb. If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them.
  7. personal, pronoun, singular, third person Used as the indirect object of a verb. If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner.
  8. personal, pronoun, singular, third person Used as the object of a preposition. If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them.
  9. colloquial, nonstandard, personal, pronoun, singular, third person As a grammatical subject or object when joined with a conjunction. "[…] he said that everybody was being watched, and if they seen anybody giving Union cards to anybody on Company property, that them and the person receiving the card, they would both be fired.
  10. personal, pronoun, singular, third person Used in isolation or apposition, or (sometimes proscribed) as the complement of the copula (be). Who was there? —Them.
  11. dialectal, personal, pronoun, third person They; those. I know it seems unfair, but them's the rules.

Similar: dem, em, 'em, hem

noun thems · dem

  1. uncommon Synonym of they (“a non-binary person”).

    Similar: they

determiner dem

  1. dialectal Those. Gimme two of them yellow ones.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: both, ces, children, elles, enemy, forgive, hem, him, home, les, leur, ourselves, people, sean, such, theirs

pronoun

Similar: dem, em, 'em, hem

Translations

Every language

pron third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb

Española ellos, a ellas, los, las, les
中文他們 /他们 tāmen, 她們 /她们 tāmen, 牠們 /它们 tāmen, 它們 /它们 tāmen
Portuguêsos, lhes, as
Françaisles, leur
Deutschihnen, sie
Italianoloro, a loro, li, le
Românăei, ele, îi, le, lor
Русскийих ix, им im
العربيةـهُم -hum, ـهُنَّ -hunna, ـهُمَا -humā, إِيَّاهُم ʔiyyāhum, إِيَّاهُنَّ ʔiyyāhunna, إيَّاهُمَا ʔiyyāhumā

pron third-person singular pronoun of indeterminate gender

Españolle
Portuguêsile, elu

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@misc{them_2026,
  title = {them},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/them},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}