self-styled

1. 1.

   as claimed by and for yourself often without justification

   “the self-styled `doctor' has no degree of any kind”

   Synonymssoi-disant

   Similarquestionable

Questions about self-styled

What does self-styled mean?

self-styled means "as claimed by and for yourself often without justification".

How many syllables are in self-styled?

self-styled has 2 syllables: self--styled. The stress falls on "self-".

What is another word for self-styled?

Close synonyms include soi-disant. 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-styled a common word?

self-styled 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.