Meanings
pronounoneself (reflexive form of the indefinite personal pronoun one, formerly sometimes two words: one's self)
- reflexiveA person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself.
Teaching oneself to swim can be dangerous.
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If in charge oneself, one may do as one pleases.
If attending to your childhood wounds and responding with kindness feels selfish, it is important to remember that compassion for oneself often makes people more compassionate to others, Lev said.
2025 April 28, Madeline Holcombe, “It might be time to ‘reparent’ yourself. Here’s how to get started”, in CNNSynonyms: one's self, one's ass, self
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
A contracted form of one's self (Mid-16th century). Equivalent to one + -self.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic نَفْس
- نَفْس (nafs)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Catalan es
- esa person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Chinese Cantonese 自己
- 自己 (zi⁶ gei²)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Chinese Mandarin 自己, 自身
- 自己 (zìjǐ)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- 自身 (zìshēn)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- 自個兒 /自个儿 (zìgěr)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Dutch zichzelf, zich
- zichzelfa person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- zicha person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Esperanto mem
- mema person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Finnish itsensä
- itsensäa person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
French soi-même
- soi-mêmea person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
German selbst, sich
- selbsta person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- sicha person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Hindi स्वयं, ख़ुद
- स्वयं (svayã)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- ख़ुद (xud)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Hungarian maga, önmaga
- magaa person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- önmagaa person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- saját magaa person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Italian sé, se stesso
- séa person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- se stessoa person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- se stessaa person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Japanese 自分, 自分自身
- 自分 (jibun)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- 自分自身 (jibun jishin)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- 自身 (jishin)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- 自己 (jiko)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Korean 자신, 자기
- 자신 (jasin)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- 자기 (jagi)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Persian خود, نفس
- خود (xud, xod)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- نفس (nafs)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Polish siebie, sobie
- siebiea person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- sobiea person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Portuguese se, si
- sea person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- sia person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Russian сам, себя́
- сам (sam)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- себя́ (sebjá)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- себе́ (sebé)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Spanish sí mismo, uno mismo
- sí mismoa person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- uno mismoa person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Swedish sig själv, sig
- sig själva person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- siga person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
- en själva person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Tamil தான்
- தான் (tāṉ)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Thai ตัวเอง
- ตัวเอง (dtuua-eeng)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Urdu خود
- خود (xud)a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Vietnamese mình
- mìnha person's self: general form of himself, herself, themselves or yourself
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with oneself
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
oneself. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oneself
MLA
“oneself.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oneself. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “oneself,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/oneself.
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