oneself
English
Etymology
A contracted form of one's self (Mid-16th century). Equivalent to one + -selfCategory:English terms suffixed with -self#ONESELF.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
oneself (reflexive form of the indefinite personal pronoun one, formerly sometimes two words: one's self)Category:English lemmas#ONESELFCategory:English pronouns#ONESELFCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#ONESELFCategory:Pages with entries#ONESELFCategory:Pages with 1 entry#ONESELF
- A person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself.
- Teaching oneself to swim can be dangerous.Category:English terms with usage examples#ONESELF
- 2025 April 28, Madeline Holcombe, “It might be time to ‘reparent’ yourself. Here’s how to get started”, in CNN:
- If attending to your childhood wounds and responding with kindness feels selfish, it is important to remember that compassion for oneself often makes people more compassionate to others, Lev said.Category:English terms with quotations#ONESELF
Usage notes
This pronoun can be used for emphasis or to make a verb reflexive.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- 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 inCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#ONESELF, into a holeCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#ONESELF
- 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
- gather oneself, ~ togetherCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#ONESELF
- get above oneself
- get ahead of oneself
- get ahold of oneself
- get oneself together
- get over oneself
- get past oneself
- give a good account of oneself
- give of oneself
- give oneself airs
- go fCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#ONESELF, fuck oneselfCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#ONESELF
- grip oneself with both hands
- handle oneself
- have a dog and bark oneself
- have a word with oneself
- have tickets on oneself
- have to say for oneself
- hear oneself think
- help oneself
- hold oneself together
- hug oneself
- in spite of oneself
- keep a dog and bark oneself
- keep oneself to oneself
- keep one's hands to oneself
- keep to oneself
- kill oneself
- knock oneself out
- lash oneself to the mast
- law unto oneself
- let oneself go
- lift oneself up by one's bootstraps, …boot-tagsCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#ONESELF, …own bootstrapsCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#ONESELF, …own boot-tagsCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#ONESELF, …own waistbandsCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#ONESELF
- live within oneself
- live with oneself
- look at oneself in the mirror
- lose oneself
- lose the run of oneself
- make a name for oneself
- make an exhibition of oneself
- make a nuisance of oneself
- make a pig of oneself
- make a pig out of oneself
- make a public spectacle of oneself
- make a show of oneself
- make a spectacle of oneself
- make oneself at home
- make oneself clear
- make oneself scarce
- make something of oneself
- miss oneself
- occupy oneself
- outbrake oneself
- owe it to oneself
- pace oneself
- paint oneself into a corner
- pass oneself off as
- pee oneself
- pick oneself up off the floor
- piss oneself
- play with oneself
- pleased with oneself
- pleasure oneself
- poop oneself
- prove oneself
- pull oneself
- pull oneself together
- pull oneself up by one's (own) bootstraps
- pull the ladder up after/behind oneself
- put daylight between oneself and someone
- put oneself about
- put oneself across
- put oneself in someone's place, shoesCategory:English links with redundant wikilinks#ONESELF
- put oneself out
- put oneself out of the way
- raise oneself up by one's (own) bootstraps
- read oneself in
- redeem oneself
- reiterate oneself
- relieve oneself
- repeat oneself
- resign oneself
- rub oneself off
- satisfy oneself
- say to oneself
- score on oneself
- see for oneself
- see oneself out
- sell oneself
- sell oneself short
- service oneself
- set up to oneself
- shit oneself
- shoot oneself in the foot
- show oneself
- soil oneself
- sorry for oneself
- sort oneself out
- speak for oneself
- spread oneself (too) thin
- stuck on oneself
- suit oneself
- sun oneself
- sure of oneself
- take it upon oneself
- take oneself up by one's own ears
- take upon oneself
- talk to oneself
- think for oneself
- think no end of oneself
- through oneself
- throw oneself at
- throw oneself behind
- throw oneself into
- throw oneself on someone's mercy
- tie oneself in knots
- tie oneself to the mast
- to oneself, to-oneself
- top oneself
- touch oneself
- true to oneself
- up oneself
- wash oneself of
- wet oneself
- wipe oneself
Translations
a person's self: general form of himself, herself, themself or yourself
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