This is self-explanatory.
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Self-explanatory
Synonyms for "self-explanatory" (35 found)
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30 translations across 13 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- لَا يَتَطَلَّبُ تَفْسِيرًا adj (explaining itself)
- مَفْهُوم بِذَاتِهِ adj (explaining itself)
- مُفَسِّر نَفْسَهُ بِنَفْسِهِ adj (explaining itself)
Bulgarian
1 entries- очевиден adj (explaining itself)
Czech
3 entries- očividný adj (explaining itself)
- samozřejmý adj (explaining itself)
- všeříkající adj (explaining itself)
Finnish
2 entries- itsensä selittävä adj (explaining itself)
- itsestään selvä adj (explaining itself)
French
3 entries- qui se passe d'explication adj (explaining itself)
- qui va de soi adj (explaining itself)
- évident adj (explaining itself)
German
2 entries- selbsterklärend adj (explaining itself)
- selbstverständlich adj (explaining itself)
Hebrew
1 entries- מוּבָן מֵאֵלָיו adj (explaining itself)
Hungarian
4 entries- egyértelmű adj (explaining itself)
- kézenfekvő adj (explaining itself)
- magától értetődő adj (explaining itself)
- nyilvánvaló adj (explaining itself)
Italian
2 entries- autoesplicativo adj (explaining itself)
- intuitivo adj (explaining itself)
Polish
2 entries- oczywisty adj (explaining itself)
- zrozumiały samo przez się adj (explaining itself)
Portuguese
2 entries- autoexplicativo adj (explaining itself)
- intuitivo adj (explaining itself)
Russian
3 entries- говоря́щий adj (explaining itself)
- самоочеви́дный adj (explaining itself)
- я́сный adj (explaining itself)
Spanish
2 entries- autoexplicador adj (explaining itself)
- autoexplicativo adj (explaining itself)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
It's self-explanatory.
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My roommate is 20 years old, and didn't know what a clitoris was until a few weeks ago. He thinks that his lack of knowledge is self-explanatory because he is gay, but I don't buy it. I think it just goes to show how shitty the public education system is here.
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Nothing is self-explanatory.
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