self-explanatory

Also self-ex·plain·ing

[self-ik-splan-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, self-]

adjective

1. explaining itself; needing no explanation; obvious.

self-explanatory

adjective

1. understandable without explanation; self-evident

Word History and Origins

Origin of self-explanatory¹

First recorded in 1895–1900