Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for self-help. Search instead for self+help.
Definitions

self-help

[self-help, self-] / ˌsɛlfˈhɛlp, ˈsɛlf- /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“However, positive self-help initiatives may be overshadowed on the day if sales trends have deteriorated since the onset of the fuel crisis,” Forsyth Barr says.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Publishers are adjusting their advance payments for some nonfiction titles, though certain self-help, memoir and specific political titles remain strong sellers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Across party lines, governments now promise a familiar basket of benefits: pensions, direct cash transfers, scholarships, free or subsidised electricity, cheap foodgrain, self-help group support for women and allowances for unemployed youth.

From BBC • May 11, 2026

He logged mass-market self-help books on his Goodreads: Malcolm Gladwell, James Clear, you name it.

From Slate • May 1, 2026

That’s how unfair things were during that era and why Colored people fought so hard and engaged in so much self-help in an effort to achieve equality.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "self-help" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com