Meanings
zir1
zir2
reflexive hirself
- gender neutralnonstandardobjectiveraresingularthird personGender-neutral third-person singular accusative (object) pronoun, equivalent to singular them and coordinate with him and her.
However, it soon became very lonely as none of Alice’s school friends could see zir anymore and they soon forgot all about zir.
2002, Lynsey Calderwood, Cracked: Recovering After Traumatic Brain Injury, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 155Synonyms: hir
- nonstandardrareBelonging to zir, gender-neutral third-person singular possessive adjective, equivalent to singular their and coordinate with his and her.
… just when it seemed like zie was beginning to get a handle on zir teapot and form normal relationships – although one could hardly call zir twice-weekly sexual encounters with the March Hare ‘normal’ …
2002, Lynsey Calderwood, Cracked: Recovering After Traumatic Brain Injury, Jessica Kingsley Publishers, →ISBN, page 155
Synonyms & antonyms
pronounGender-neutral third-person singular accusative (object) pronoun, equivalent to singular them and coordinate with him and her.
Origin
zir · noun
- Arabicزِير
- Englishzir
From Arabic زِير (zīr).
More words from Arabic
Full word history & related roots →zir · pronoun, determiner
Blend of z (“gender-neutral (as in ze)”) + i (“him/his”) + r (“her”).
Full word history & related roots →Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with zir
Cite this entry
zir. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zir
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