Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivein full control of your faculties
Similar
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-
- Englishpossessed
- Englishself-possessed
Translations
Esperanto memrega
- memregain full control of one's faculties
Polish opanowany, spokojny
- opanowanyin full control of one's faculties
- spokojnyin full control of one's faculties
Russian со́бранный, не теря́ющий самооблада́ния
- со́бранный (sóbrannyj)in full control of one's faculties
- не теря́ющий самооблада́ния (ne terjájuščij samoobladánija)in full control of one's faculties
- владе́ющий собо́й (vladéjuščij sobój)in full control of one's faculties
- вы́держанный (výderžannyj)in full control of one's faculties
Cite this entry
APA
self-possessed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-possessed
MLA
“self-possessed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-possessed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-possessed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-possessed.
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