self-generated

1. 1.

   happening or arising without apparent external cause

   “spontaneous laughter”

   “spontaneous combustion”

   “a spontaneous abortion”

   Synonymsspontaneous

   Similarimpulsiveintuitivenatural
2. 2.

   originating from the self

   Synonymsself-produced

   Similarautogenous

Questions about self-generated

What does self-generated mean?

self-generated means "happening or arising without apparent external cause". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in self-generated?

self-generated has 5 syllables: self--ge-ne-ra-ted. The stress falls on "ne".

What is another word for self-generated?

Close synonyms include spontaneous, self-produced. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is self-generated a common word?

self-generated is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.