selves

[selvz] / sɛlvz /

NOUN

being

Synonyms

STRONGEST

character ego identity individuality myself person personality

STRONG

egocentrism individual individualization narcissism personal psyche substantive

WEAK

identical oneself own proprium selfhood

Antonyms

WEAK

other

Example Sentences

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Saturday was a return to their reserved selves when, really, you wanted to see the warriors of November, or at least a version of them.

From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026

Likewise, consider investing your own hard-earned money where people invest in their selves, in becoming who they want to become, in flourishing as human beings.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Regrets are staples of the melodrama, and Hoover’s characters are in constant conversation with their past selves.

From Salon • Mar. 19, 2026

Genuinely engaging as their real selves could risk total social exclusion or worse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

They’d become their emergency selves, in which lopped-off state they felt humanity stretched smoothly between them like one long wash line.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen