self-descriptive

adjective

self-de·​scrip·​tive ˌself-di-ˈskrip-tiv 

: serving to describe oneself : being or providing a description of oneself

… shedding self-consciousness by filling out name tags that included their occupation and a self-descriptive adjective: Laura, banker, scandalous. Tom, sales, adventurous.

—Roger Yu

Examples of self-descriptive in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Understanding Brown Patches Brown patches are pretty self-descriptive. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 9 May 2026

Its name is self-descriptive; Monotropa, illustrating the single turn of its shepherd hook shape, and uniflora, depicting the lone flower produced on each stem. — Emily Leahy, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1834, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for self-descriptive

• ascriptive
• descriptive
• prescriptive