Self

/sɛlf/

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:7 ptsWWF:8 pts4 letters

Definition of Self

noun

One individual's personality, character, demeanor, or disposition.
"one's true self; one's better self; one's former self"
The subject of one's own experience of phenomena: perception, emotions, thoughts.
An individual person as the object of his own reflective consciousness (plural selves).
Self-interest or personal advantage.
Identity or personality.

verb

To fertilise by the same individual; to self-fertilise or self-pollinate.
To fertilise by the same strain; to inbreed.

adjective

Having its own or a single nature or character throughout, as in colour, composition, etc., without addition or change; of the same kind; unmixed.
"a self bow: one made from a single piece of wood"
Same, identical.
Belonging to oneself; own.
Of or relating to any molecule, cell, or tissue of an organism's own (belonging to the self), as opposed to a foreign (nonself) molecule, cell, or tissue (for example, infective, allogenic, or xenogenic).

pronoun

Himself, herself, itself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned).
"This argument was put forward by the defendant self."
Myself.
"I made out a cheque, payable to self, which cheered me up somewhat."

Anagrams of Self

Words You Can Make

6 words can be made from the letters in "self":

3-LETTER WORDS

efs elf els fes les sel

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "self" and rearranging:

+aalefs false fleas leafs

Related Word Patterns

SE...Words starting with "se"...LFWords ending with "lf"All 4-letter words Unscramble "self"

Synonyms & Antonyms

ANTONYMS

nonselfoutcross

Rhyming Words

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