Meanings
- not comparableHaving its own means of propulsion that moves with it.
Of particular note were two self-propelled fire-fighting vehicles, adapted from Drewry railcars, enabling a rapid response to a fire anywhere on the extensive site.
2022 January 12, Chris Hegg, “The secret railway in the woods”, in RAIL, number 948, page 37Synonyms: automotive, self-propelling
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving its own means of propulsion that moves with it.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecontaining within itself the means of propulsion or movement
adjectivemoved forward by its own force or momentum
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-
- Englishpropelled
- Englishself-propelled
Translations
Finnish itseliikkuva
- itseliikkuvahaving its own means of propulsion
French auto-tracté
- auto-tractéhaving its own means of propulsion
German selbstfahrend
- selbstfahrendhaving its own means of propulsion
Irish féinghluaiste
- féinghluaistehaving its own means of propulsion
Italian semovente
- semoventehaving its own means of propulsion
Norwegian Bokmål selvgående
- selvgåendehaving its own means of propulsion
Polish samobieżny
- samobieżnyhaving its own means of propulsion
Russian самохо́дный, самодви́жущийся
- самохо́дный (samoxódnyj)having its own means of propulsion
- самодви́жущийся (samodvížuščijsja)having its own means of propulsion
Spanish autopropulsado
- autopropulsadohaving its own means of propulsion
Swedish självgående
- självgåendehaving its own means of propulsion
Turkish kendi kendine hareket eden, kendinden tahrikli
- kendi kendine hareket edenhaving its own means of propulsion
- kendinden tahriklihaving its own means of propulsion
Cite this entry
self-propelled. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-propelled
“self-propelled.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-propelled. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-propelled,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-propelled.
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