oneself

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. A person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself.

Pronunciation

/wʌnˈsɛlf/ en-us-oneself.ogg

Word forms

oneself

Etymology

A contracted form of one's self (Mid-16th century). Equivalent to one + -self.

Synonyms

one's self one's ass

Related words

one self Ime me myselfmemysen mine mymineme we us ourselvesourselfoursen oursourn our you yourselfyoursen yoursyourn your thou thee thyselftheeselfthysen thine thythine youye yourselves you ally'all you guys yous y'allselves all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' he him himselfhisselfhissen hishisn his she her herselfhersen hershern ithit itselfhitself itshis itshishits they them themself themselves theirs their one's themhem 'em themselvestheirsen theirstheirn The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.
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