Self definition
Self is a noun meaning "your consciousness of your own identity." It has 3 meanings, as a noun and an adjective, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- noun, adjective
- Syllables
- 1
- Letters
- 4
- How common
- Everyday word
Self as a noun
your consciousness of your own identity
Same sense: ego
a person considered as a unique individual
"one's own self"
Self as an adjective
(used as a combining form) relating to — of or by or to or from or for — the self
"self-knowledge"
Synonyms and antonyms
- ego
How to say self
Self has 1 syllable and rhymes with yourself. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with self
- yourself
- myself
- himself
- itself
- herself
- shelf
- elf
- oneself
- bookshelf
- thyself
- ourself
- hisself
SELF in word games
- Scrabble
- 7
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Anagrams
- 0
Is SELF a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check SELF in the word checker, or unscramble SELF to see the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.