" self "

1: the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others;

  * e.g., " ... some believe that it's only in times of great stress that a person's true self is revealed "

•  Synonyms : 

•  character,

•  clay,

•  colors,

•  complexion,

•  constitution,

•  genius,

•  nature,

•  personality,

•  tone

•  Antonyms : 

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1: voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites;

  * e.g., " ... even after acquiring great wealth, he continued to practice a kind of puritanical self-abnegation "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abstinence,

•  continence,

•  self-denial,

•  sobriety,

•  temperance

•  Antonyms : 

•  self-indulgence

1: excessive interest in oneself;

  * e.g., " ... the novel's major characters all suffer from self-absorption, and they are every bit as insufferable as such people are in real life "

•  Synonyms : 

•  egocentricity,

•  egocentrism,

•  egoism,

•  egomania,

•  egotism,

•  narcissism,

•  navel-gazing,

•  self-centeredness,

•  self-concern,

•  self-interest,

•  self-involvement,

•  self-preoccupation,

•  self-regard,

•  selfishness,

•  selfness

•  Antonyms : 

•  self-abandonment,

•  self-forgetfulness,

•  selflessness,

•  unselfishness

1: an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements;

  * e.g., " ... his overweening self-admiration blinded him to constructive criticism of any kind "

•  Synonyms : 

•  amour propre,

•  bighead,

•  complacence,

•  complacency,

•  conceit,

•  conceitedness,

•  ego,

•  egotism,

•  pomposity,

•  pompousness,

•  pride,

•  pridefulness,

•  self-assumption,

•  self-conceit,

•  self-congratulation,

•  self-esteem,

•  self-glory,

•  self-importance,

•  self-love,

•  self-opinion,

•  self-satisfaction,

•  smugness,

•  swelled head,

•  swellheadedness,

•  vaingloriousness,

•  vainglory,

•  vainness,

•  vanity

•  Antonyms : 

•  humbleness,

•  humility,

•  modesty

1: having or consisting of a single color;

  * e.g., " ... a self-red rose of a shade that hasn't been seen before "

•  Synonyms : 

•  monochromatic,

•  monochrome,

•  monochromic,

•  self-colored,

•  solid

•  Antonyms : 

•  chromatic,

•  colorful,

•  kaleidoscopic,

•  motley,

•  multicolored,

•  polychromatic,

•  polychrome,

•  rainbow,

•  varicolored,

•  varied,

•  variegated

1: given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites;

  * e.g., " ... obviously not for the self-abnegating vacationer, this luxury resort is for those whose budgets and appetites know no limit "

•  Synonyms : 

•  abstemious,

•  abstentious,

•  abstinent,

•  continent,

•  self-denying,

•  sober,

•  temperate

•  Antonyms : 

•  self-indulgent

1: overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests;

  * e.g., " ... a self-absorbed man who seems utterly oblivious to the social problems of his own urban neighborhood "

•  Synonyms : 

•  egocentric,

•  egoistic,

•  egomaniacal,

•  egotistic,

•  narcissistic,

•  self-centered,

•  self-concerned,

•  self-infatuated,

•  self-interested,

•  self-involved,

•  self-loving,

•  self-obsessed,

•  self-oriented,

•  self-preoccupied,

•  self-regarding,

•  self-seeking,

•  self-serving,

•  selfish,

•  solipsistic

•  Antonyms : 

•  self-forgetful,

•  self-forgetting,

•  selfless,

•  unselfish

1: designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor;

  * e.g., " ... self-acting machines that were ushered in with the industrial revolution "

•  Synonyms : 

•  automated,

•  automatic,

•  laborsaving,

•  robotic,

•  self-operating,

•  self-regulating

•  Antonyms : 

•  nonautomated,

•  nonautomatic

1: having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude;

  * e.g., " ... a bunch of self-asserting upstarts who thought that they could buy their way into high society "

•  Synonyms : 

•  arrogant,

•  assumptive,

•  bumptious,

•  cavalier,

•  chesty,

•  haughty,

•  high-and-mighty,

•  high-handed,

•  high-hat,

•  highfalutin,

•  huffish,

•  huffy,

•  imperious,

•  important,

•  lofty,

•  lordly,

•  masterful,

•  overweening,

•  peremptory,

•  pompous,

•  presuming,

•  presumptuous,

•  pretentious,

•  self-assertive,

•  sniffy,

•  stiff-necked,

•  supercilious,

•  superior,

•  toplofty,

•  uppish,

•  uppity

•  Antonyms : 

•  humble,

•  lowly,

•  modest,

•  unarrogant,

•  unpretentious

2: having or showing great faith in oneself or one's abilities;

  * e.g., " ... it takes a rather self-asserting person to start a business at such a young age "

•  Synonyms : 

•  assured,

•  confident,

•  secure,

•  self-assured,

•  self-confident

•  Antonyms : 

•  diffident,

•  insecure,

•  self-distrustful,

•  self-doubting

3: having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal;

  * e.g., " ... just the kind of cocky, self-asserting person that you'd expect a sports agent to be "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aggressive,

•  ambitious,

•  assertive,

•  enterprising,

•  fierce,

•  go-getting,

•  high-pressure,

•  in-your-face,

•  militant,

•  pushy,

•  self-assertive

•  Antonyms : 

•  ambitionless,

•  low-pressure,

•  nonassertive,

•  unaggressive,

•  unambitious,

•  unassertive,

•  unenterprising

1: having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal;

  * e.g., " ... we need to hire self-assertive salespeople who don't require constant supervision "

•  Synonyms : 

•  aggressive,

•  ambitious,

•  assertive,

•  enterprising,

•  fierce,

•  go-getting,

•  high-pressure,

•  in-your-face,

•  militant,

•  pushy,

•  self-asserting

•  Antonyms : 

•  ambitionless,

•  low-pressure,

•  nonassertive,

•  unaggressive,

•  unambitious,

•  unassertive,

•  unenterprising

2: having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude;

  * e.g., " ... after the interview, we chose a less self-assertive and more self-effacing applicant "

•  Synonyms : 

•  arrogant,

•  assumptive,

•  bumptious,

•  cavalier,

•  chesty,

•  haughty,

•  high-and-mighty,

•  high-handed,

•  high-hat,

•  highfalutin,

•  huffish,

•  huffy,

•  imperious,

•  important,

•  lofty,

•  lordly,

•  masterful,

•  overweening,

•  peremptory,

•  pompous,

•  presuming,

•  presumptuous,

•  pretentious,

•  self-asserting,

•  sniffy,

•  stiff-necked,

•  supercilious,

•  superior,

•  toplofty,

•  uppish,

•  uppity

•  Antonyms : 

•  humble,

•  lowly,

•  modest,

•  unarrogant,

•  unpretentious