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:
- obduracy
- resolve
- pertinacity
- stubbornness
- bullheadedness
- persistence
- obstinacy
- doggedness
- intransigence
- pigheadedness
- determination
- persistency
- willfulness
Antonyms:
- pliability
- surrender
- acceptance
- pliancy
- docility
- subordination
- receptivity
- acquiescence
- obedience
- acceptance
- receptiveness
- reasonability
- subordination
- flexibility
- pliancy
- compliance
- reasonability
- acquiescence
- receptiveness
- reasonableness
- obedience
- flexibility
- receptivity
- surrender
- reasonableness
- compliance
- docility
- pliability
Synonyms:
- perversity
- inveteracy
- rebelliousness
- perseverance
- implacability
- self-opinionatedness
- obdurateness
- perverseness
- wrongheadedness
- inflexibility
- opinionatedness
- waywardness
- obstinateness
- defiance
- pertinaciousness
- hardheadedness
- adamance
- steadfastness
- sternness
- mulishness
- tenacity
- single-mindedness
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- firmness
- hardness
- rigidness
- cantankerousness
- immovableness
- rigorousness
- bloody-mindedness
- recalcitrancy
- narrow-mindedness
- immovability
- insubordination
- recalcitrance
- rigor
- unruliness
- refractoriness
- stick-to-itiveness
- intractability
- disobedience
- contumacy
- anal-retentiveness
- frowardness
- inexorability
- contrariness
- strictness
- adamancy
- cussedness
- rigidity
- relentlessness
- tenaciousness
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
obduracy, resolve, pertinacity, stubbornness, bullheadedness, persistence, obstinacy, doggedness, intransigence, pigheadedness
pliability, surrender, acceptance, pliancy, docility, subordination, receptivity, acquiescence, obedience, acceptance
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.
