Imagination affects every aspect of our lives.
Source: tatoeba (1601)
Our
/ˈaʊə(ɹ)/
Synonyms for "our" (5 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: our own, our possession, our property, ours, sabicu.
- Sentence evidence is available for our, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from opengloss, derived_reverse.
Synonym selection checklist
- Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
- Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
- Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "our".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "our"
Keep "our" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.
If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.
Replacement workflow
1. Preserve meaning
Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "our" intact in the sentence you are editing.
2. Tune tone
Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.
3. Re-read context
Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.
Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.
Final fit check
After choosing a replacement for "our", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.
If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "our" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
Translations
179 translations across 110 languages.
Aghwan
1 entries- 𐔱𐔴𐕐𐔼 det (belonging to us)
Albanian
2 entries- jonë det (belonging to us)
- ynë det (belonging to us)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἡμέτερος det (belonging to us)
Arabic
3 entries- ـنا det (belonging to us)
- ـنا det (belonging to us)
- ـنَا det (belonging to us)
Armenian
1 entries- մեր det (belonging to us)
Assamese
1 entries- আমাৰ det (belonging to us)
Asturian
2 entries- nuestru det (belonging to us)
- nuesu det (belonging to us)
Basque
1 entries- gure det (belonging to us)
Belarusian
1 entries- наш det (belonging to us)
Bengali
1 entries- আমাদের det (belonging to us)
Bikol Central
4 entries- samo det (belonging to us)
- samuya det (belonging to us)
- sato det (belonging to us)
- satuya det (belonging to us)
Brahui
1 entries- nana det (belonging to us)
Breton
2 entries- hon det (belonging to us)
- hor det (belonging to us)
Bulgarian
1 entries- наш det (belonging to us)
Catalan
1 entries- nostre det (belonging to us)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 我哋嘅 det (belonging to us)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 我們的 /我们的 det (belonging to us)
Chukchi
1 entries- мургин det (belonging to us)
Coptic
3 entries- ⲛⲉⲛ det (belonging to us)
- ⲡⲉⲛ det (belonging to us)
- ⲧⲉⲛ det (belonging to us)
Czech
1 entries- náš det (belonging to us)
Dalmatian
1 entries- nuester det (belonging to us)
Danish
1 entries- vor det (belonging to us)
Dutch
2 entries- ons det (belonging to us)
- onze det (belonging to us)
Egyptian
1 entries- n:Z2 det (belonging to us)
Esperanto
1 entries- nia det (belonging to us)
Estonian
2 entries- me det (belonging to us)
- meie det (belonging to us)
Ewe
1 entries- míaƒe det (belonging to us)
Faroese
2 entries- okkara det (belonging to us)
- vár det (belonging to us)
Finnish
3 entries- -mme det (belonging to us)
- meidän det (belonging to us)
- meidän ...mme det (belonging to us)
French
2 entries- nos det (belonging to us)
- notre det (belonging to us)
Friulian
1 entries- nestri det (belonging to us)
Georgian
1 entries- ჩვენი det (belonging to us)
German
2 entries- unser det (belonging to us)
- öise det (belonging to us)
Greek
1 entries- μας det (belonging to us)
Hawaiian
4 entries- ko kākou det (belonging to us)
- ko kāua det (belonging to us)
- ko mākou det (belonging to us)
- ko māua det (belonging to us)
Hebrew
2 entries- ־נו det (belonging to us)
- שֶׁלָּנוּ det (belonging to us)
Hindi
1 entries- हमारा det (belonging to us)
Hungarian
3 entries- -nk det (belonging to us)
- -unk det (belonging to us)
- -ünk det (belonging to us)
Icelandic
2 entries- okkar det (belonging to us)
- vor det (belonging to us)
Ido
1 entries- nia det (belonging to us)
Interlingua
1 entries- nostre det (belonging to us)
Irish
1 entries- ár det (belonging to us)
Istriot
2 entries- nostra det (belonging to us)
- nostro det (belonging to us)
Italian
4 entries- nostra det (belonging to us)
- nostre det (belonging to us)
- nostri det (belonging to us)
- nostro det (belonging to us)
Japanese
3 entries- 我々の det (belonging to us)
- 我らの det (belonging to us)
- 私たちの det (belonging to us)
Kalmyk
1 entries- мана det (belonging to us)
Kazakh
1 entries- біздің det (belonging to us)
Korean
1 entries- 우리의 det (belonging to us)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- биздин det (belonging to us)
Ladino
2 entries- muestro det (belonging to us)
- nuestro det (belonging to us)
Lao
1 entries- ຂອງພວກເຮົາ det (belonging to us)
Latgalian
1 entries- myusu det (belonging to us)
Latin
1 entries- noster det (belonging to us)
Latvian
1 entries- mūsu det (belonging to us)
Livonian
1 entries- mäd det (belonging to us)
Louisiana Creole
1 entries- nô det (belonging to us)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- naju det (belonging to us)
- naš det (belonging to us)
Macedonian
1 entries- наш det (belonging to us)
Maltese
1 entries- tagħna det (belonging to us)
Manx
1 entries- ar det (belonging to us)
Mazanderani
1 entries- امه det (belonging to us)
Mongolian
2 entries- маань det (belonging to us)
- манай det (belonging to us)
Māori
4 entries- tā mātau/mātou det (belonging to us)
- tā māua det (belonging to us)
- tā māua det (belonging to us)
- tā tāua det (belonging to us)
Navajo
1 entries- nihi- det (belonging to us)
Neapolitan
1 entries- nuosto det (belonging to us)
Nepali
1 entries- हाम्रो det (belonging to us)
Norwegian
1 entries- vår det (belonging to us)
Occitan
1 entries- nòstre det (belonging to us)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- нашь det (belonging to us)
Old Norse
2 entries- várr det (belonging to us)
- órr det (belonging to us)
Persian
1 entries- ما det (belonging to us)
Pipil
1 entries- tu- det (belonging to us)
Polish
1 entries- nasz det (belonging to us)
Portuguese
1 entries- nosso det (belonging to us)
Romani
3 entries- amare det (belonging to us)
- amari det (belonging to us)
- amaro det (belonging to us)
Romanian
1 entries- nostru det (belonging to us)
Romansch
3 entries- noss det (belonging to us)
- nossa det (belonging to us)
- nossas det (belonging to us)
Russian
1 entries- наш det (belonging to us)
Sanskrit
1 entries- अस्माकम् det (belonging to us)
Sardinian
3 entries- noltru det (belonging to us)
- nostru det (belonging to us)
- nostu det (belonging to us)
Scots
2 entries- oor det (belonging to us)
- wir det (belonging to us)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- ar det (belonging to us)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- naš det (belonging to us)
- наш det (belonging to us)
Sicilian
1 entries- nostru det (belonging to us)
Sinhalese
1 entries- අපේ det (belonging to us)
Slovak
1 entries- náš det (belonging to us)
Slovene
1 entries- nàš det (belonging to us)
Southern Altai
1 entries- бистиҥ det (belonging to us)
Spanish
4 entries- nuestra det (belonging to us)
- nuestras det (belonging to us)
- nuestro det (belonging to us)
- nuestros det (belonging to us)
Swahili
1 entries- -etu det (belonging to us)
Swedish
1 entries- vår det (belonging to us)
Tagalog
2 entries- amin det (belonging to us)
- atin det (belonging to us)
Tamil
2 entries- எங்கள் det (belonging to us)
- நம் det (belonging to us)
Telugu
2 entries- మన det (belonging to us)
- మా det (belonging to us)
Tetum
1 entries- ami-nia det (belonging to us)
Thai
1 entries- ของเรา det (belonging to us)
Tigrinya
1 entries- ናትና det (belonging to us)
Tlingit
1 entries- haa det (belonging to us)
Tooro
1 entries- -aitu det (belonging to us)
Turkish
1 entries- bizim det (belonging to us)
Udi
2 entries- беш det (belonging to us)
- беши det (belonging to us)
Ukrainian
1 entries- наш det (belonging to us)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- naju det (belonging to us)
- naš det (belonging to us)
Urdu
1 entries- ہمارا det (belonging to us)
Venetan
2 entries- nostra det (belonging to us)
- nostro det (belonging to us)
Vietnamese
1 entries- của chúng tôi det (belonging to us)
Volapük
2 entries- obas det (belonging to us)
- obsik det (belonging to us)
Walloon
3 entries- no det (belonging to us)
- nosse det (belonging to us)
- nost det (belonging to us)
Welsh
1 entries- ein det (belonging to us)
West-Frisian
1 entries- ús det (belonging to us)
Sample sentences
25 total sentences available.
Nowadays we want our children to make their own decisions, but we expect those decisions to please us.
Source: tatoeba (1799)
Our opinion is an idea which we have; our conviction an idea which has us.
Source: tatoeba (1873)
It's presumptuous for humans to assume that our task is to do what only God can do.
Source: tatoeba (1901)
Showing 4 of 25 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "our"?
Closest matches include our own, our possession, our property, ours, sabicu.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "our"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.