self-made

1. 1.

   having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts

   “a self-made millionaire”

   Similarsuccessful

Questions about self-made

What does self-made mean?

self-made means "having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts".

How many syllables are in self-made?

self-made has 2 syllables and divides as self--made under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is self-made a common word?

self-made is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.