herself

Meaning

1. Her; the female object of a verb or preposition that also appears as the subject.
2. She; an intensive repetition of the female subject, often used to indicate the exclusiveness of that person as the only satisfier of the predicate.
3. The subject or non-reflexive object of a predicate; she (used of upper-class ladies, or sarcastically, of women who imagine themselves to be more important than others)

Synonyms

himself

itself

themselves

yourself

ourselves

oneself

myself

yourselves

self

each other

him

it

🇮🇹

same

you alone

I

-self

he

👨

her

hers

his

if

me

only

personally

she

👩

thyself

yes

by himself

Hyphenated as

her‧self

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɜːˈsɛlf/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

In summary

From Middle English. Equivalent to her + -self.