Synonyms of selves

selves

noun

plural of self

as in natures

the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others

some believe that it's only in times of great stress that a person's true self is revealed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• natures
• personalities
• tones
• characters
• constitutions
• colors
• characteristics
• clays
• spirits
• complexions
• geniuses
• dispositions
• essences
• traits
• souls
• temperaments
• habits
• features
• compositions
• singularities
• properties
• attributes
• individualities
• sorts
• substances
• tempers
• flavors
• grains
• interiors
• ways
• stamps
• stuff
• metals
• essentialities
• hallmarks
• makeups
• earmarks
• marks
• points
• savors
• interiorities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of selves

Seydoux is arresting, especially as David discovers that occupying a woman’s body means being perceived—and desired—differently; Schneider is equally compelling as the film’s game of selves grows more labyrinthine. — Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 19 Sep. 2026

The nonverbal interplay between selves that is so important in human therapy was palpably absent. — Steven Barrie-Anthony, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2026

The Milk Carton Kids, comprised of Kenneth Pattengale and Joey Ryan, were their typical sardonic selves as returning hosts, but had some serious thoughts about AI, and Americana music as the antithesis of it. — Chris Willman, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

And there are readers who see LLMs as sentient beings with inner selves, qualia, and so forth. — Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2026

Casinos offer voluntary self-exclusion programs for compulsive gamblers; birth plans allow devotees of natural labor to deny their future selves an epidural. — Meghan O’Gieblyn, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026

In the seconds, minutes and hours following the World Trade Center attacks, hundreds — maybe thousands — of ordinary people would find their best selves and become heroes. — Timothy Townsend, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

His charming, vivacious ways created a safe space to be their free-spirited selves. — Pj Green september 11, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2026

Rebuild without the cost structure that has caused so many newspapers to go out of print and become shells of their former selves. — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2026