I'll call them tomorrow when I come back.
Source: tatoeba (1309)
Them
/ˈðɛm/
Synonyms for "them" (82 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (17)
administrationalteralter egoalterumauthoritiesbetter selfbureaucracydirectorateegoestablishmentethical selfhe
Noun(1 words)
de privat
Strong matches (24)
Related words (41)
meministrymy humble selfmyselfnumber oneofficialdomoneselfother selfourselvespower elitepower structurepowers that beprelacyruling classruling classesselfshesubconscious selfsubliminal selfsuperego
Show 17 more words
the administrationthe authoritiesthe establishmentthe ingroupthe intereststhe people upstairsthe power elitethe power structurethe topthemselvestheytoptop brassyouyours trulyyourselfyourselves
Noun(1 words)
Pronoun(3 words)
Choosing the right synonym
- Closest matches in this entry: 'em, administration, alter, alter ego, alterum.
- Sentence evidence is available for them, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
- Ranking signals come from wiktionary, derived_reverse, moby, opengloss, and related lexical sources.
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 "them".
- Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.
When not to replace "them"
Keep "them" 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 "them" 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 "them", 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 "them" 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
147 translations across 54 languages.
Albanian
3 entries- ata pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- ato pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- atyre pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Arabic
4 entries- إيَّاهُمَا pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- إِيَّاهُم pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- إِيَّاهُنَّ pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- ـهم pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Armenian
2 entries- իրենց pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- նրանց pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Azerbaijani
4 entries- onlara pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- onlarda pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- onlarla (commitative) pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- onlarsız pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Bulgarian
2 entries- им pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- тях pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Burmese
2 entries- သူတို့ pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- သူများ pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Catalan
3 entries- els pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- els pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- les pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Chechen
1 entries- царна pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Chinese
1 entries- 𪜶 pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 他們 /他们 pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- 她們 /她们 pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- 它們 /它们 pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- 牠們 /它们 pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Czech
3 entries- je pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- jich pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- jim pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Danish
1 entries- dem pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Dutch
3 entries- hen pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- hun pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- ze pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Esperanto
2 entries- ili pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- ilin pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Ewe
1 entries- wo pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Faroese
4 entries- teim pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- teimum pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- teir pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- tey pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Finnish
4 entries- heidät pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- heille pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- heillä pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- heiltä pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
French
2 entries- les pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- leur pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Georgian
2 entries- იმათ pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- მათ pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
German
2 entries- ihnen pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- sie pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- yo pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Hopi
1 entries- pumuy pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Hungarian
2 entries- azokat pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- őket pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Ido
4 entries- eli pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- ili pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- li pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- oli pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Indonesian
1 entries- mereka pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Irish
2 entries- iad pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- iadsan pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Italian
4 entries- a loro pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- le pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- li pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- loro pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Judeo-Italian
1 entries- אֵיסִי pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Kazakh
1 entries- оларды pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Kituba
1 entries- bau pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Latin
3 entries- hic pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- ille pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- is pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Lingala
1 entries- bangó pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Louisiana Creole
1 entries- yé pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Lower Sorbian
4 entries- je pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- jej du pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- jeju du pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- jich pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Manx
2 entries- ad pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- adsyn pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Māori
3 entries- rātau pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- rātou pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- rāua pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Norwegian
1 entries- dem pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Old Armenian
2 entries- նոսա pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- նոցա pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Old Irish
3 entries- -us pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- da- pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- s- pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Pitcairn-Norfolk
1 entries- dem pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Polish
2 entries- ich pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- je pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Portuguese
4 entries- as pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- elu pron (third-person singular pronoun of indeterminate gender)
- ile pron (third-person singular pronoun of indeterminate gender)
- lhes pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Romanian
4 entries- ei pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- ele pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- le pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- le pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Russian
2 entries- им pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- их pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Scots
1 entries- thaim pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Slovak
2 entries- ich pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- im pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Spanish
4 entries- a ellas pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- a ellos pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- las pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- le pron (third-person singular pronoun of indeterminate gender)
Swedish
2 entries- dem pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- hen pron (third-person singular pronoun of indeterminate gender)
Turkish
1 entries- onlar pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Ukrainian
2 entries- їм pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- їх pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Venetan
1 entries- lori pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Wolof
1 entries- leen pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Yoruba
2 entries- wọn pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- wọ́n pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Zulu
4 entries- bona pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- wona pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- yona pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
- zona pron (third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb)
Sample sentences
39 total sentences available.
I told them to send me another ticket.
Source: tatoeba (1313)
I don't want to lose my ideas, even though some of them are a bit extreme.
Source: tatoeba (1377)
Mathematicians are like French people: whatever you tell them they translate it into their own language and turn it into something totally different.
Source: tatoeba (1794)
Showing 4 of 39 available sentences.
Common questions
What are the closest synonyms for "them"?
Closest matches include 'em, administration, alter, alter ego, alterum.
How should I check whether a synonym fits "them"?
Compare the replacement against real sentence context. This entry includes sample sentences so you can check tone, grammar, and meaning before swapping words.