Theirs

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • pronoun. Used to indicate the one or ones belonging to them: The red house is theirs. If your car doesn't start, take theirs.
  • pronoun. Usage Problem His or hers: brought his own lunch and expected everybody else to bring theirs. See Usage Notes at he1, they.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • pronoun. That which belongs to them; the possessive case of they, used without a following noun.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See they.
  • Word Usage
    "Thus, in the example, "You may imagine what kind of faith theirs was," _theirs_ is a compound personal pronoun, equivalent to _their faith."
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Pears    Xers    affairs    airs    ayres    bares    bears    billionaires    blares    cares   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    yours    mine    hers    harass    your    birthday/holiday/no-reason-whatsoever    cleft    my    fine-dressed    sword