Word Type

Noun

Adjective

Proper Noun

Verb

Pronoun

Adjective

The word "self" can be used as noun, adjective, proper noun, verb, pronoun and adjective.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

others outcross

Defined As

hardest partner to control

Derived Terms

Selfian antiself catself dreamself ego-self no-self not-self note to self ownself polyself salicide self goal self-abuse self-care self-centered self-contained self-hosted selfbow selfdom selfer selfheal selfhood selficide selfie selfish selfism selfist selfless selflike selfline selfly selfname selfness selfsame selfsameness selfship selfsome selfward selfwards selfy selvage selving shadow of one's former self subself superself underself unself

Context

botany commercial immunology molecular biology

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

consciousness individual mortal person somebody someone soul

Type Of (IsA)

consciousness illusion person physical emotional entity prototype based language

Receives Action

connected to all things

Related Terms

I ego person

Related Terms

allogenic automatic consciousness ego experience fertilise herself himself i inbreed infective itself myself oneself organism person phenomenon reflective same self pollinate selfs selves subject themselves xenogenic you

Related Topic Clusters

Resume and Career Words

Action-focused vocabulary for resumes, interviews, and promotion narratives.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.