Definition of MYSELF

myself

Meanings

Pron

  • Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition, when the speaker is also the subject.
  • Personally, for my part; used in apposition to I, sometimes for simple emphasis and sometimes with implicit exclusion of any others performing the activity described.
  • In my normal state of body or mind.
  • Me, as the object of a verb or preposition without a reflexive trigger. Sometimes used for intensifying the pronoun of oneself.
  • I (as the subject of a verb).
  • my name is...

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English myself, meself, from Old English mē selfum and similar phrases, equivalent to me + self, later partly reinterpreted as my + self / -self. Cognate with Scots mysel, mysell (“myself”), West Frisian mysels (“myself”), Dutch mijzelf (“myself”), German mich selbst, mir selbst (“myself”), Norwegian Bokmål meg selv (“myself”).

Synonyms

me

Scrabble Score: 14

myself is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
myself is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
myself is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 15

myself is a valid Words With Friends word