self-propelling

Questions about self-propelling

What does self-propelling mean?

self-propelling means "containing within itself the means of propulsion or movement". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in self-propelling?

self-propelling has 4 syllables: self--pro-pel-ling. The stress falls on "pro".

What is another word for self-propelling?

Close synonyms include automotive, self-propelled, self-propelled. 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-propelling a common word?

self-propelling 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.