accusative

Universal Words noun (grammar) (in some languages) the form of a noun, a pronoun or an adjective when it is the DIRECTOBJECT of a verb, or connected with the DIRECTOBJECT: In the sentence, 'I saw him today', the word 'him' is in the accusative. compareDATIVE, GENITIVE, NOMINATIVE, VOCATIVE accusative adjective: The accusative forms of the pronouns 'I', 'he', 'she' and 'we' are 'me', 'her', 'him' and 'us'.