self-moving

adjective

Moving by or of itself.

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self-actingself-activatingself-regulatingautomatic
OriginEnglish moving ← Middle English moven ← Old Northern French mover →
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Meanings

adjectiveself-moving (not comparable)
  1. not comparableMoving by or of itself.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivedesigned to activate or move or regulate itself

Similar
self-actingself-activatingself-regulatingautomatic
Also see
automaticself-actingself-regulating

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swé?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*selbʰ-
  3. Proto-Germanic*selbaz
  4. Old Englishself
  5. Old Englishself-
  6. Middle Englishself-
  7. Englishself-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  10. Proto-Italic*moweō
  11. Latinmovēre
  12. Old Northern Frenchmover
  13. Middle Englishmoven
  14. Englishmoving
  15. Englishself-moving

From self- + moving.

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APA

self-moving. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-moving

MLA

“self-moving.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-moving. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-moving,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-moving.

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