I don't like it when mathematicians who know much more than I do can't express themselves explicitly.
Source: tatoeba (1415)
Themselves
/ðɛmˈsɛlvz/
Synonyms for "themselves" (47 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (10)
Strong matches (14)
Related words (23)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
2 entriespersonal pronounpronoun
More specific
1 entriesplural reflexive pronoun
Collocations
4 entriesby themselvesfor themselvesin themselveswith themselves
Translations
36 translations across 19 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- яны́ са́мі pron (emphatic: they)
Bulgarian
1 entries- самите pron (emphatic: they)
Catalan
1 entries- mateixos pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 他們自己 /他们自己 pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
Czech
4 entries- sama pron (emphatic: they)
- sami pron (emphatic: they)
- samy pron (emphatic: they)
- samy pron (emphatic: they)
Finnish
4 entries- itse pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
- itselleen pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
- itsensä pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
- itseään pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
French
2 entries- elles-mêmes pron (emphatic: they)
- eux-mêmes pron (emphatic: they)
Hungarian
2 entries- önmaguk pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
- önmagukat pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
Japanese
1 entries- 彼ら自身 pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
Latin
3 entries- ipsa pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
- ipsas pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
- ipsos pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
Latvian
2 entries- viņas pašas pron (emphatic: they)
- viņi paši pron (emphatic: they)
Northern Sami
1 entries- ieža pron (emphatic: they)
Polish
2 entries- same pron (emphatic: they)
- sami pron (emphatic: they)
Portuguese
2 entries- elas mesmas pron (emphatic: they)
- eles mesmos pron (emphatic: they)
Russian
2 entries- они́ са́ми pron (emphatic: they)
- себя́ pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
Slovak
2 entries- oni sami pron (emphatic: they)
- ony same pron (emphatic: they)
Spanish
2 entries- ellas mismas pron (emphatic: they)
- ellos mismos pron (emphatic: they)
Ukrainian
2 entries- вони́ сами́ pron (emphatic: they)
- вони́ самі́ pron (emphatic: they)
Volapük
1 entries- okis pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
If you take care of the small things, the big things will take care of themselves.
Source: tatoeba (2476)
Teachers stimulate the students' interest, have them think, ask questions, and debate among themselves.
Source: tatoeba (19059)
In the days of the knights, they wore shields to protect themselves from sword-fight wounds.
Source: tatoeba (20071)
Showing 4 of 21 available sentences.