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