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