Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

generic they

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.11 in modern English

Syllables: gener-ic they
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of generic you: the pronoun they, used to refer to an unspecified person, to multiple unspecified people, or to people in general.

noun

Synonym of singular they: the pronoun they, used to refer to one single person without obligation to include their gender.

Phrases

you know what they say so they say

Synonyms

one they generic you ze singular they

Questions

What does generic they mean?: Synonym of generic you: the pronoun they, used to refer to an unspecified person, to multiple unspecified people, or to people in general.

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