# Lexical grammar — Reserved words

> These keywords cannot be used as identifiers for variables, functions, classes, etc.

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These keywords cannot be used as identifiers for variables, functions, classes, etc. anywhere in JavaScript source.

{{jsxref("Statements/break", "break")}} {{jsxref("Statements/switch", "case")}} {{jsxref("Statements/try...catch", "catch")}} {{jsxref("Statements/class", "class")}} {{jsxref("Statements/const", "const")}} {{jsxref("Statements/continue", "continue")}} {{jsxref("Statements/debugger", "debugger")}} {{jsxref("Statements/switch", "default")}} {{jsxref("delete")}} {{jsxref("Statements/do...while", "do")}} {{jsxref("Statements/if...else", "else")}} {{jsxref("Statements/export", "export")}} extends false {{jsxref("Statements/try...catch", "finally")}} {{jsxref("Statements/for", "for")}} {{jsxref("Statements/function", "function")}} {{jsxref("Statements/if...else", "if")}} {{jsxref("Statements/import", "import")}} {{jsxref("Operators/in", "in")}} {{jsxref("instanceof")}} {{jsxref("new")}} {{jsxref("null")}} {{jsxref("Statements/return", "return")}} {{jsxref("Operators/super", "super")}} {{jsxref("Statements/switch", "switch")}} {{jsxref("this")}} {{jsxref("Statements/throw", "throw")}} true {{jsxref("Statements/try...catch", "try")}} {{jsxref("Operators/typeof", "typeof")}} {{jsxref("Statements/var", "var")}} {{jsxref("Operators/void", "void")}} {{jsxref("Statements/while", "while")}} {{jsxref("Statements/with", "with")}}

The following are only reserved when they are found in strict mode code

{{jsxref("Statements/let", "let")}} (also reserved in const, let, and class declarations) static {{jsxref("Operators/yield", "yield")}} (also reserved in generator function bodies)

The following are only reserved when they are found in module code or async function bodies

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