Synonyms and antonyms of Reflexive pronouns in British Thesaurus

a man (noun)

old-fashioned used by a man for referring to himself

herself (pronoun)

used for showing that the woman, girl, or female animal that does something is also affected by her action or is involved in it

herself (pronoun)

used for referring to a woman, girl, or female animal already mentioned in the sentence

herself (pronoun)

used for emphasizing that you are referring to a particular woman, girl, or female animal and not to anyone else

herself (pronoun)

used for emphasizing that a particular woman, girl, or female animal does something without help from anyone else

himself (pronoun)

used for showing that the man, boy, or male animal that does something is also affected by his action or is involved in it

himself (pronoun)

used for referring to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned in the sentence

himself (pronoun)

old-fashioned used in a general way for referring to the subject of a sentence or someone else mentioned in the sentence when they may be either male or female, especially when the subject is a word such as ‘everyone’, ‘someone’, or ‘anyone’

himself (pronoun)

used for emphasizing that you are referring to a particular man, boy, or male animal and not to anyone else

himself (pronoun)

used for emphasizing that a particular man, boy, or male animal does something without help from anyone else

itself (pronoun)

used for showing that a thing, group, animal, or baby that does something is also affected by the action or is involved in it

itself (pronoun)

used for referring back to something already mentioned in the same sentence

itself (pronoun)

used for emphasizing that you are referring to a particular thing and not to anything else

itself (pronoun)

used for saying that someone or something has a lot of a particular quality

myself (pronoun)

used for showing that you are affected by or involved in the results of something that you do

myself (pronoun)

used for referring to yourself when you have already been mentioned in the same sentence

myself (pronoun)

used for emphasizing that you are referring to yourself and not to anyone else

myself (pronoun)

used for emphasizing that you do something without help from anyone else

myself (pronoun)

used instead of ‘I’ or ‘me’ when you are trying to be polite. Many people think that this use is incorrect

oneself (pronoun)

formal used for showing that people in general, including yourself, are affected by or involved in the results of something that they do

oneself (pronoun)

formal used for emphasizing that you and not anyone else does something

ourself (pronoun)

spoken sometimes used instead of ‘ourselves’ when referring to a group that you belong to, although many people consider that this is not correct

ourselves (pronoun)

used for showing that both you and a group that you are a part of are affected by or involved in an action that you do together

ourselves (pronoun)

used for referring to yourself and a group that you are a part of, when you have already been mentioned in the same sentence

ourselves (pronoun)

used instead of ‘us’ when you are trying to be polite. Many people consider this use to be incorrect

ourselves (pronoun)

used for emphasizing that you are referring to yourself and the group that you are a part of, and not to anyone else

ourselves (pronoun)

used for emphasizing that you and the group that you are a part of do something without help from anyone else

themself (pronoun)

used instead of ‘himself’ or ‘herself’ for referring back to the subject of a sentence, especially when the subject is a word such as ‘everyone’, ‘someone’, or ‘anyone’. Most people consider this use incorrect.

themselves (pronoun)

used for showing that the people or things that do something are also affected by it or involved in it

themselves (pronoun)

used for referring back to a group of people already mentioned in the same sentence

themselves (pronoun)

used instead of ‘himself’ or ‘herself’ for referring back to a singular subject of a sentence, especially when the subject is a word such as ‘everyone’, ‘someone’, or ‘anyone’

themselves (pronoun)

used for emphasizing that a particular group of people are the ones that you are referring to, and not any others

themselves (pronoun)

used for emphasizing that a particular group of people do something without help from anyone else

thyself (pronoun)

an old word meaning ‘yourself’ that was used for talking or writing to one person

yourself (pronoun)

used for showing that the person or people you are talking or writing to are affected by or involved in an action that they do

yourself (pronoun)

used for referring back to the person or people who you are talking or writing to when they have already been mentioned in the sentence

yourself (pronoun)

used with ‘you’ for emphasizing that you mean the person or people who you are talking or writing to and no one else

yourself (pronoun)

used for emphasizing that the person or people who you are talking or writing to must do something without help from anyone else

yourself (pronoun)

used instead of ‘you’ in order to be formal or polite, although many people feel this is incorrect