oneself
English dictionary entry
Meanings
pron
- A person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself.
Pronunciation
/wʌnˈsɛlf/
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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.
Derived words
above oneself
absorb oneself in
adorn oneself with borrowed plumes
all over oneself
apply oneself
assert oneself
back oneself into a corner
bear oneself
beat oneself
behave oneself
be oneself
beside oneself
besides oneself
bless oneself
box oneself into a corner
break one's arm patting oneself on the back
brick oneself
bring oneself away
bring oneself to
bring out of oneself
buy a dog and bark oneself
by oneself
carry oneself
change oneself
check in with oneself
collect oneself
come to oneself
confine oneself
contain oneself
cop oneself on
cover oneself in glory
crap oneself
create daylight between oneself and someone
cross oneself
cry oneself to sleep
cut oneself
deny oneself
despite oneself
dig a hole for oneself
dig oneself in
into a hole
do oneself a mischief
do well for oneself
drink oneself to death
ease oneself
enjoy oneself
enlarge oneself
expose oneself
express oneself
fall into oneself
fall over oneself
feel like oneself
feel oneself
fend for oneself
find it in oneself
find oneself
flatter oneself
fool to oneself
forget oneself
full of oneself
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