self-will (Meaning)
self-will (n)
resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires
the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior
self-will (n.)
One's own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obstinacy.
Synonyms & Antonyms of self-will
Synonyms:
- persistence
- persistency
- stubbornness
- pigheadedness
- doggedness
- obduracy
- obstinacy
- resolve
- willfulness
- intransigence
- determination
- bullheadedness
- pertinacity
Antonyms:
- reasonableness
- flexibility
- flexibility
- reasonability
- pliability
- receptiveness
- acquiescence
- receptiveness
- acceptance
- pliancy
- docility
- obedience
- pliability
- acceptance
- acquiescence
- reasonability
- receptivity
- subordination
- subordination
- compliance
- surrender
- docility
- obedience
- compliance
- receptivity
- pliancy
- surrender
- reasonableness
Synonyms:
- inveteracy
- waywardness
- perseverance
- hardheadedness
- wrongheadedness
- implacability
- perverseness
- steadfastness
- tenacity
- adamance
- defiance
- mulishness
- opinionatedness
- obstinateness
- obdurateness
- inflexibility
- perversity
- pertinaciousness
- self-opinionatedness
- single-mindedness
- rebelliousness
- sternness
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- narrow-mindedness
- anal-retentiveness
- immovability
- frowardness
- strictness
- firmness
- recalcitrance
- rigidity
- cantankerousness
- bloody-mindedness
- intractability
- rigor
- tenaciousness
- hardness
- disobedience
- immovableness
- contrariness
- insubordination
- cussedness
- contumacy
- stick-to-itiveness
- relentlessness
- recalcitrancy
- rigidness
- adamancy
- unruliness
- refractoriness
- rigorousness
- inexorability
Antonyms:
self-will Sentence Examples
- The child's self-will led him to disobey his parents' instructions.
- Despite repeated warnings, the student refused to curb his self-will.
- The dictator's self-will made him impervious to the needs of his people.
- The self-will of the rebellious teenager alienated them from their family.
- The coach's self-will prohibited any input from his assistants.
- The politician's self-will blinded them to the consequences of their actions.
- The self-will of the ego can lead to delusions of grandeur.
- The self-will of the addict is a powerful force that must be overcome.
- True freedom comes not from self-will, but from surrendering to a higher power.
- The path of spiritual growth requires overcoming the obstacles of self-will.
FAQs About the word self-will
resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires, the trait of resolutely controlling your own behaviorOne's own will, esp. when opposed to that of others; obsti
persistence, persistency, stubbornness, pigheadedness, doggedness, obduracy, obstinacy, resolve,willfulness, intransigence
reasonableness, flexibility, flexibility, reasonability, pliability, receptiveness, acquiescence, receptiveness, acceptance, pliancy
The child's self-will led him to disobey his parents' instructions.
Despite repeated warnings, the student refused to curb his self-will.
The dictator's self-will made him impervious to the needs of his people.
The self-will of the rebellious teenager alienated them from their family.
