a pronoun such as ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘them’, or ‘it’ that refers to the person, group, or thing that has already been mentioned or that is obvious from the context. For example in the sentences ‘Do you know what Linda told me? She’s such a liar’, ‘you’, ‘me’, and ‘she’ are personal pronouns.
Synonyms and related words
Types and forms of pronouns
ablative
demonstrative pronoun
direct object
personal pronoun
noun countable linguistics
US
Word Forms
singular
personal pronoun
plural
personal pronouns
DEFINITIONS1
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a pronoun such as ‘I’, ‘you’, ‘them’, or ‘it’ that refers to the person, group, or thing that has already been mentioned or that is obvious from the context. For example in the sentences ‘Do you know what Linda told me? She’s such a liar’, ‘you’, ‘me’, and ‘she’ are personal pronouns.