Definition of HIS

his

Det

  • Belonging to him.
  • Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
  • Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
  • Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.

Pron

  • That or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
  • His house or home.
  • Alternative spelling of His.

Noun

  • plural of hi

Pronoun

  • Belonging to or associated with a male.

Examples

  • After our night out, I went back to his.
  • Ahab his mark
  • His is bigger than mine.
  • Sejanus his Fall
  • That cough of his is really getting on my nerves.
  • The decision was his to live with.
  • The winning Scrabble board was his, a testament to his vocabulary.
  • This pen is his. These books are also his.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English his, from Old English his (“his; its”), from Proto-Germanic *hes (“of this”), genitive of Proto-Germanic *hiz (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe-, *ḱey- (“this”). Cognate with Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic hans (“his”). More at he; see also its.

Scrabble Score: 6

his: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
his: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
his: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 5

his: valid Words With Friends Word