Meanings
comparative more self-aware · superlative most self-aware
- Aware of oneself as an individual that exists in the real world.
The robot didn't just resemble a human girl: she was self-aware and conscious as well.
1 more example
The time has come. According to the Terminator clock, at 8:11 p.m. Tuesday, Skynet will become self-aware. And humanity will be screwed.
2011 April 19, Angela Watercutter, “Skynet Becomes Self-Aware: How to Welcome Our AI Overlords”, in Wired - Cognizant of one's appearances, shortcomings, etc.
The video is a self-aware parody of the trend.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveaware of yourself as an individual or of your own being and actions and thoughts
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*swé?
- Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
- Proto-Germanic*selbaz
- Old Englishself
- Old Englishself-
- Middle Englishself-
- Englishself-
- Englishaware
- Englishself-aware
Translations
Bulgarian самоосъзнат
- самоосъзнат (samoosăznat)aware of oneself
Finnish tietoinen itsestään
- tietoinen itsestäänaware of oneself
French autoconscient
- autoconscientaware of oneself
Hungarian öntudattal rendelkező, öntudatos
- öntudattal rendelkezőaware of oneself
- öntudatosaware of oneself
Indonesian awas diri, sadar diri
- awas diriaware of oneself
- sadar diriaware of oneself
Irish féin-chomhfhiosach
- féin-chomhfhiosachaware of oneself
Polish samoświadomy
- samoświadomyaware of oneself
Portuguese autoconsciente
- autoconscienteaware of oneself
Russian само-осо́знанный
- само-осо́знанный (samo-osóznannyj)aware of oneself
Spanish autoconsciente
- autoconscienteaware of oneself
Cite this entry
self-aware. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-aware
“self-aware.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-aware. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-aware,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-aware.
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