Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
self-explanatory
adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The Maxim toaster wins points for its elegant design and self-explanatory controls.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ However, it is as naive to regard religious divisions as self-explanatory as it is to see nationalisms so.
▪ I think the colours are self-explanatory.
▪ It should be self-explanatory and easy to understand.
▪ Most of these points are self-explanatory but the first one, the misrepresentation, requires further discussion.
▪ The commercial non-sport sector is the only one of these that is not self-explanatory.
▪ The further subdivision of natural hazards is self-explanatory as is that of individual technological hazards.
▪ The questionnaire was designed to be largely self-explanatory and relatively quick to complete.
▪ The self-defence side of the art is perhaps self-explanatory.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
self-explanatory
1813, from self- + explanatory.
Wiktionary
self-explanatory
a. obvious, having a nature that makes it clear or that explains itself.
WordNet
self-explanatory
adj. needing no explanation
Usage examples of "self-explanatory".
Oedipus or Antigone are without effect on contemporary sensibility, I reply, hum, I forget what, something about comedy and self-explanatory context.
But the programs these days were pretty self-explanatory, the people who bought them were usually computer literate, and if users had problems they usually just called up the toll-free customer service number and asked questions of the support staff.