/ Dictionary / Index S self-employed: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: self-em•ployed Pronunciation: (self'em-ploid', self"-), [key] — adj. earning one's living directly from one's own profession or business, as a freelance writer or artist, rather than as an employee earning salary or commission from another. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: self-employed (Thesaurus) self-effacement self-employment Related Content Daily Word Quiz: loathe Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language