👦 Object form 🗣️ Colloquial subject

him

2.8

A male person who does the action in informal speech

pronoun
/hɪm/

Informal

: él

So I asked him, and he's like, no can do.

Examples

So I convinced him to like hitchhike there.
I mean, I was talking to him four days before.
One for me and one for him, right?
And then I said to him, is this what you mean?
And I said to him, look, let's go.
And Alicia looks at him and goes run, run.
And you can't blame him, I would think.
Ray says P Diddy asked him, Ray Dalio, to be his mentor.
One for me and one for him, right?
I mean, I was talking to him four days before.

Synonyms

they/them (pronoun)

vshim

2.0

People use this word to refer to one person without saying their gender

is used informally to replace a masculine subject pronoun in speech

Idioms

to lock him up and throw away the key

Informal

2 9.5

Put someone in prison and never let them out

fuhgeddaboud him

Slang

9.9

Tell someone to forget about a man or problem and move on

hell mend him

Offensive

9.9

Showing no sympathy when someone suffers from their own choices

to hit him when he's down

Informal

8.2

Say mean things to someone when they are already in trouble

there are no flies on him

Informal

9.9

A person who notices things quickly and is not easily fooled

wouldn't shout if a shark bit him

9.9

A person who is very calm and not easily upset, even in a dangerous situation

Surface Forms

him subject case

Etymology

The word him is also used informally by some speakers in place of he, as in 'Him and his brother went'. This use is common in casual speech but is not the standard grammar in formal writing.