Meanings
prepositional phrase
- Unaided; without assistance or help from others.
You ate the whole thing by yourself?
1 more example
I have always wondered why shoe salesmen think I can't tie my shoes by myself.
- Alone, without another's immediate company.
She sat by herself in the corner, waiting quietly.
Synonyms: on one's own
adverb
Synonyms & antonyms
prepositional phraseAlone, without another's immediate company.
Similar
Translations
Arabic لوحد, لحال
- لوحدwithout help
- لحالwithout help
Bulgarian сам, сам
- сам (sam)without company
- сам (sam)without help
- самостоя́телно (samostojátelno)without help
Chinese Cantonese 一個人 /一个人
- 一個人 /一个人without company
Chinese Mandarin 一個人 /一个人, 自己
- 一個人 /一个人 (yīgèrén)without company
- 自己 (zìjǐ)without help
Dutch alleen, zelfstandig
- alleenwithout company
- zelfstandigwithout help
Esperanto sole, sola
- solewithout company
- solawithout company
- solewithout help
- per si memwithout help
Finnish yksin, yksinään
- yksinwithout company
- yksinäänwithout company
- itsekseenwithout company
- yksikseenwithout company
- itsewithout help
- yksinwithout help
- itsekseenwithout help
French solo, seul
- solowithout company
- seulwithout company
- tout seulwithout help
German alleine, selbst
- alleinewithout company
- selbstwithout help
- selbstständigwithout help
Greek μόνος
- μόνος (mónos)without company
Hebrew בְּגַפּוֹ
- בְּגַפּוֹ (begapó)without company
Hindi अकेले, अपने आप
- अकेले (akele)without help
- अपने आप (apne āp)without help
- स्वयं (svayã)without help
Hungarian egyedül, magában
- egyedülwithout company
- magábanwithout company
- egymagábanwithout company
- magátólwithout help
- egyedülwithout help
- önállóanwithout help
Icelandic aleinn, einn
- aleinnwithout company
- einnwithout company
- sjálfurwithout help
Irish leat féin, i d'aonar
- leat féinwithout company
- i d'aonarwithout help
Italian da solo, da sola
- da solowithout company
- da solawithout company
- da solowithout help
- da soliwithout help
- per conto miowithout help
Japanese 一人で, 自分で
- 一人で (hitori de)without company
- 自分で (jibun de)without help
Korean 혼자, 스스로
- 혼자 (honja)without company
- 스스로 (seuseuro)without help
Latin sōlus
- sōluswithout company
Polish sam, sam
- samwithout company
- samwithout help
- sam z siebiewithout help
- samo-without help
Portuguese sozinho, só
- sozinhowithout company
- sówithout company
- por si sówithout company
- sozinhowithout help
Romanian singur, de unul singur
- singurwithout company
- de unul singurwithout company
- de la sinewithout help
- cu de la sine puterewithout help
- de unul singurwithout help
Russian оди́н, в одино́чку
- оди́н (odín)without company
- в одино́чку (v odinóčku)without company
- самостоя́тельно (samostojátelʹno)without help
- сам (sam)without help
Spanish (él) por sí mismo, (él) por sí solo
- (él) por sí mismowithout help
- (él) por sí solowithout help
- (él) por su cuenta (y riesgo)without help
- por cuenta propiawithout help
- por propia cuentawithout help
Swedish ensam, för sig själv
- ensamwithout company
- för sig självwithout company
- självwithout help
- på egen handwithout help
- solowithout help
Thai ตามลำพัง, ลำพัง
- ตามลำพังwithout company
- ลำพัง (lam-pang)without company
- ตัวคนเดียวwithout company
- ด้วยตัวเอง (dûai-dtuua-eeng)without help
- เอง (eeng)without help
Turkish tek başına
- tek başınawithout company
Urdu اپنے آپ, خود بخود
- اپنے آپ (apnē āp)without help
- خود بخود (xud baxud)without help
- اکیلے (akēlē)without help
Vietnamese một mình, lấy
- một mìnhwithout company
- lấywithout help
Cite this entry
APA
by oneself. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/by%20oneself
MLA
“by oneself.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/by%20oneself. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “by oneself,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/by%20oneself.
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