his

Belonging to him

You use his before a noun to show that it belongs to or is associated with a male that you have named or indicated: Todd forgot his keys. I’ve met Cliff but I don’t know his wife.

His is also a possessive form of he that is used as a pronoun or a predicate adjective.

It means (the one or ones) belonging to him: The white car is mine and the red one’s his.

masculine

male

Sperm-producing sex

  • manAdult male human
  • heMale subject pronoun
  • gentlemanCourteous, honorable man

boy · father · son · brother · husband · nephew · uncle · grandfather · manhood · fatherhood

possessive

belonging

State of fitting in

personal · attachment · exclusive · claim · entitlement · possession · holdings · assets · custody · control

pronoun

her

Female object pronoun

  • itsNeuter possessive pronoun
  • theirPossessive for others
  • myFirst-person possessive

your · theirs · ours · whose · mine · thy · thine · yours · one's

Categories
Opposites
gendered possession

hishers

Female possessive pronoun

her · their · theirs · its

grammatical person

hismy

First-person possessive

mine · your · yours · our · ours

Phrases
Family

history, hissing, historical, hissed, hisses, hisself, hissy

Familiarity
Top 100
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G