by itself

ADVERB

apart

Synonyms

STRONG

aside

WEAK

afar alone aloof away cut off disassociated disconnected distant distinct divorced excluded exclusively freely independent independently individually isolated lone wolf separated separately singly special to itself to one side

Antonyms

WEAK

together

ADVERB

per se

Synonyms

WEAK

alone as such by and of itself by definition by its very nature fundamentally in essence in itself independently intrinsically of itself singularly solely virtually

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As the burn would not heal by itself, he has required a graft, where skin was taken from his thigh and then applied to his chest.

From BBC • Jun. 29, 2026

As the road wears over time, the particles that break away are made up of rock, asphalt binder, and polymer together rather than plastic by itself.

From Science Daily • Jun. 28, 2026

Kavanaugh’s opinion is quite narrow; it merely identifies a procedural Batson violation and does not by itself invalidate Terry Pitchford’s death sentence.

From Slate • May 28, 2026

Anthropic’s new Mythos AI tool can allegedly hack a system by itself, though that might help companies repair holes in their defenses before hackers can exploit them.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

I was so far up inside the beat that I wasn’t thinking at all — my body just did everything, perfectly, almost by itself.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

by itself

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