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