dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/sel_MWT.json
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{
"selection":{
"the act or process of selecting":{
"examples":[
"his selection of a running mate was a long, tedious affair"
],
"synonyms":[
"choice",
"choosing",
"election",
"picking",
"selecting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"option",
"appointment",
"assignment",
"designation",
"naming",
"nomination",
"decision"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that is chosen":{
"examples":[
"our selection was the third entrant in the dog show"
],
"synonyms":[
"bet",
"choice",
"chosen",
"pick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favorite",
"like",
"liking",
"preference",
"elective",
"option",
"appointment",
"designation",
"nomination",
"appointee",
"candidate",
"nominee",
"selectee",
"preselection"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power, right, or opportunity to choose":{
"examples":[
"the inn's table d'h\u00f4te is excellent, but there's very limited selection"
],
"synonyms":[
"alternative",
"choice",
"discretion",
"druthers",
"election",
"liberty",
"option",
"pick",
"preference",
"volition",
"way"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determination",
"free will",
"will",
"say",
"voice",
"vote",
"inclination",
"liking",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"perspicacity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coercion",
"duress",
"force",
"duty",
"obligation",
"Hobson's choice"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole":{
"examples":[
"a selection of the company's latest line of products for display at the trade show"
],
"synonyms":[
"cross section",
"sample",
"sampler",
"sampling",
"slice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"case",
"example",
"exemplar",
"exemplification",
"illustration",
"instance",
"representative",
"specimen",
"archetype",
"classic",
"locus classicus",
"paradigm",
"prototype",
"microcosm"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-actualization":{
"the process of fully developing and using your abilities":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-discovery",
"self-esteem",
"self-exploration",
"self-fulfillment",
"self-realization",
"introspection",
"self-contemplation",
"self-examination",
"self-observation",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"self-searching",
"soul-searching",
"self-analysis",
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness",
"self-recognition",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"self-knowledge",
"self-revelation",
"self-concept",
"self-image",
"self-perception",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-applause":{
"as in pride , pridefulness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-assumption",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vanity",
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-esteem",
"self-trust",
"calmness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretentiousness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"insecurity",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"apprehension",
"doubt",
"misgiving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-assertive":{
"having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal":{
"examples":[
"we need to hire self-assertive salespeople who don't require constant supervision"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressive",
"ambitious",
"assertive",
"enterprising",
"fierce",
"go-getting",
"high-pressure",
"in-your-face",
"militant",
"pushy",
"self-asserting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"gladiatorial",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"trigger-happy",
"truculent",
"warlike",
"hyperaggressive",
"overambitious",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"gung ho",
"hustling",
"strenuous",
"vigorous",
"emphatic",
"obtrusive",
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"daring",
"dashing",
"emboldened",
"gutsy",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"brash",
"brassy",
"bumptious",
"cheeky",
"cocksure",
"cocky",
"confident",
"determined",
"forward",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"overconfident",
"presumptuous",
"unapologetic",
"unsubdued",
"unyielding",
"bare-knuckle",
"bare-knuckled",
"bare-knuckles",
"feisty",
"scrappy",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"imperious",
"lordly",
"magisterial",
"overbearing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"relaxed",
"acquiescent",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"docile",
"resigned",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"yielding",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"groveling",
"grovelling",
"shrinking",
"bashful",
"demure",
"diffident",
"humble",
"lowly",
"meek",
"mild",
"modest",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"passive",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"retiring",
"shy",
"subdued",
"timid",
"unobtrusive",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subservient"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambitionless",
"low-pressure",
"nonassertive",
"unaggressive",
"unambitious",
"unassertive",
"unenterprising"
]
},
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
"examples":[
"after the interview, we chose a less self-assertive and more self-effacing applicant"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"bossy",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"magisterial",
"pontifical",
"pontificating",
"condescending",
"disdainful",
"patronizing",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"hubristic",
"narcissistic",
"orgulous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"self-flattering",
"self-loving",
"self-promoting",
"brash",
"forward",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashful",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"self-critical",
"self-doubting",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"subdued",
"timid",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"meek",
"passive",
"submissive",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unobtrusive",
"yielding",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"retiring"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-assured":{
"having or showing great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
"examples":[
"he's a self-assured yachtsman who's not at all intimidated by the competition"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"confident",
"secure",
"self-asserting",
"self-confident"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"poised",
"recollected",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unperturbed",
"unshaken",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"upbeat",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-important",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"self-promoting",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unself-conscious",
"unshakable",
"disciplined",
"self-collected",
"self-composed",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"self-poised",
"self-reliant",
"self-sufficient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"humble",
"modest",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"bashful",
"demure",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"shy",
"self-critical",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving"
],
"antonyms":[
"diffident",
"insecure",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-assuredness":{
"great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
"examples":[
"with the self-assuredness of an old pro, the young gymnast executed the difficult feat"
],
"synonyms":[
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-esteem",
"self-trust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-applause",
"self-assumption",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vanity",
"calmness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretentiousness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprehension",
"doubt",
"misgiving"
],
"antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"insecurity",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-complacency":{
"as in pride , pridefulness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-applause",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vanity",
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-esteem",
"self-trust",
"calmness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretentiousness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"insecurity",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"apprehension",
"doubt",
"misgiving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-complacent":{
"as in conceited , arrogant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"high-and-mighty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-hat",
"hoity-toity",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"uppity",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"bold",
"familiar",
"forward",
"free",
"immodest",
"overfamiliar",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"cavalier",
"disdainful",
"haughty",
"lordly",
"pretentious",
"snobbish",
"stuck-up",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"audacious",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassbound",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"cheeky",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"overbold",
"pert",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"boastful",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"domineering",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-engrossed",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"selfish",
"self-obsessed",
"self-seeking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"modest",
"unassuming",
"demure",
"down-to-earth",
"humble",
"lowly",
"meek",
"unassertive",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"retiring",
"shy",
"timid",
"timorous",
"diffident",
"self-doubting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-composedness":{
"evenness of emotions or temper":{
"examples":[
"with the self-composedness of a brain surgeon, the contestant gave his answer for the million-dollar question"
],
"synonyms":[
"aplomb",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composedness",
"composure",
"cool",
"coolness",
"countenance",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"imperturbability",
"placidity",
"repose",
"sangfroid",
"self-possession",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"poise",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-trust",
"easygoingness",
"laid-backness",
"apathy",
"detachment",
"impassivity",
"indifference",
"insensibility",
"numbness",
"phlegm",
"unconcern"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"disquiet",
"solicitude",
"uneasiness",
"worry",
"excitability",
"excitableness",
"nervousness",
"disturbance"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitation",
"discomposure",
"perturbation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-consequence":{
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
"examples":[
"had the self-consequence of someone who was born wealthy and never had to work a day in his life"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-importance",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritativeness",
"bossiness",
"bowwow",
"brag",
"dominance",
"high-handedness",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"chest-thumping",
"inflation",
"self-assertion",
"side",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"snobbism",
"snootiness",
"attitude",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"bombast",
"braggadocio",
"bravado",
"strut",
"swagger",
"triumphalism",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"vanity",
"superiority complex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"retiringness",
"shyness",
"diffidence",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"mousiness",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"submissiveness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness"
],
"antonyms":[
"humility",
"modesty",
"unassumingness",
"unpretentiousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-consistent":{
"as in coherent , congruent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accordant",
"coherent",
"compatible",
"concordant",
"conformable (to)",
"congruent",
"congruous",
"consistent",
"consonant",
"correspondent (with or to)",
"harmonious",
"nonconflicting",
"appropriate",
"befitting",
"felicitous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"meet",
"proper",
"right",
"suitable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conflicting",
"conflictive",
"incompatible",
"incongruous",
"inconsistent",
"inharmonious",
"noncompatible",
"improper",
"inapposite",
"inappropriate",
"inapt",
"infelicitous",
"unsuitable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-contemplations":{
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
"examples":[
"she doesn't seem to see the difference between a reasonable amount of self-contemplation and total self-absorption"
],
"synonyms":[
"introspections",
"self-examinations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"self-searchings",
"soul-searchings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-analyses",
"self-recognitions",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"self-actualizations",
"self-discoveries",
"self-explorations",
"self-fulfillments",
"self-realizations",
"self-knowledges",
"self-revelations",
"self-concepts",
"self-images",
"self-perceptions",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-contented":{
"as in conceited , self-conceited":{
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"egoistic",
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"egotistical",
"important",
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"self-important",
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"smug",
"uppity",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"disdainful",
"haughty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"prideful",
"proud",
"superior",
"arrogant",
"pretentious",
"sniffy",
"snobbish",
"stuck-up",
"supercilious",
"cavalier",
"overbearing",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"swaggering",
"high-sounding",
"pompous",
"condescending",
"patronizing",
"cocky",
"overconfident",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"bloated",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"self-glorifying",
"audacious",
"bold",
"brash",
"brassy",
"cheeky",
"cocksure",
"forward",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"confident",
"presuming",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure"
],
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"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"demure",
"homely",
"meek",
"unassuming",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"retiring",
"shy",
"timid",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"ingratiating",
"resigned",
"submissive",
"unassertive",
"yielding",
"apologetic",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"shrinking",
"passive",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"subdued",
"unobtrusive"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"self-denying":{
"given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
"examples":[
"found the self-denying life of the monks at the monastery unexpectedly appealing"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstentious",
"abstinent",
"continent",
"self-abnegating",
"sober",
"temperate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"austere",
"disciplined",
"self-controlled",
"self-disciplined",
"self-governed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gluttonous",
"greedy",
"rapacious",
"voracious",
"Cyrenaic",
"hedonistic",
"self-pleasing",
"sensual",
"sybaritic",
"voluptuous",
"voluptuary",
"masturbatory",
"onanistic"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-indulgent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-destruction":{
"the act of deliberately killing oneself":{
"examples":[
"the controversy over self-destruction accomplished with the assistance of a physician or other person"
],
"synonyms":[
"self-murder",
"self-slaughter",
"suicide"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hara-kiri",
"hari-kari",
"martyrdom",
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicide",
"murder",
"rubout",
"slaying",
"chance-medley",
"dispatch",
"killing",
"manslaughter",
"assassination",
"execution",
"euthanasia",
"mercy killing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-directed":{
"as in self-indulgent , prideful":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"inner-directed",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"selfish",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"solipsistic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in independent , self-sufficient":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"independent",
"nonconformist",
"self-sufficient",
"especial",
"express",
"special",
"specific",
"custom",
"customized",
"specialized",
"identifying",
"idiosyncratic",
"characteristic",
"distinctive",
"intimate",
"idiomatic",
"individual",
"individualized",
"particular",
"patented",
"peculiar",
"personal",
"personalized",
"private",
"privy",
"separate",
"singular",
"subjective",
"unique"
],
"near antonyms":[
"general",
"generic",
"popular",
"public",
"shared",
"universal",
"broad",
"prevailing",
"prevalent",
"widespread",
"common",
"normal",
"regular",
"typical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-educated":{
"having skills or knowledge acquired through one's own efforts without formal training":{
"examples":[
"a self-educated computer programmer who launched a successful business online"
],
"synonyms":[
"autodidactic",
"self-instructed",
"self-taught"
],
"near synonyms":[
"na\u00eff",
"naif",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"primitive",
"natural",
"unschooled",
"untutored",
"amateur"
],
"near antonyms":[
"educated",
"lettered",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-evidently":{
"as in clearly , obviously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clearly",
"distinctly",
"evidently",
"manifestly",
"obviously",
"patently",
"plainly",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"palpably",
"visibly",
"apparently",
"ostensibly",
"ostensively",
"presumably",
"putatively",
"seemingly",
"supposedly",
"externally",
"outwardly",
"believably",
"credibly",
"assuredly",
"positively",
"surely"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furtively",
"privately",
"secretively",
"secretly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"self-examination":{
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
"examples":[
"many people use the dawning of a new year as an occasion for some quiet self-examination"
],
"synonyms":[
"introspection",
"self-contemplation",
"self-observation",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"self-searching",
"soul-searching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-analysis",
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness",
"self-recognition",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"self-actualization",
"self-discovery",
"self-exploration",
"self-fulfillment",
"self-realization",
"self-knowledge",
"self-revelation",
"self-concept",
"self-image",
"self-perception",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-examinations":{
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
"examples":[
"many people use the dawning of a new year as an occasion for some quiet self-examination"
],
"synonyms":[
"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"self-searchings",
"soul-searchings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-analyses",
"self-recognitions",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"self-actualizations",
"self-discoveries",
"self-explorations",
"self-fulfillments",
"self-realizations",
"self-knowledges",
"self-revelations",
"self-concepts",
"self-images",
"self-perceptions",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-explanatory":{
"easy to understand without explanation":{
"examples":[
"a self-explanatory phrase",
"The chapter titles of the book are self-explanatory ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-evident",
"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"manifest",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable",
"cognizable",
"cognoscible",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"digestible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"understandable",
"clean-cut",
"simple",
"tidy",
"uncomplicated",
"overt",
"undisguised",
"appreciable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"visible",
"black-and-white",
"explicit",
"trenchant",
"well-defined",
"clean",
"decipherable",
"fair",
"legible",
"readable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unknowable",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indiscernible",
"insensible",
"cloudy",
"gauzy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"imprecise",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"noncommittal",
"sketchy",
"slippery",
"subtle",
"vague",
"illegible",
"undecipherable",
"unreadable",
"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-fulfillment":{
"the feeling of being happy and satisfied because you are doing something that fully uses your abilities and talents":{
"examples":[
"She found self-fulfillment by starting her own business."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-actualization",
"self-discovery",
"self-esteem",
"self-exploration",
"self-realization",
"introspection",
"self-contemplation",
"self-examination",
"self-observation",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"self-searching",
"soul-searching",
"self-analysis",
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness",
"self-recognition",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"self-knowledge",
"self-revelation",
"self-concept",
"self-image",
"self-perception",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-fulfillments":{
"the feeling of being happy and satisfied because you are doing something that fully uses your abilities and talents":{
"examples":[
"She found self-fulfillment by starting her own business."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-actualizations",
"self-discoveries",
"self-explorations",
"self-realizations",
"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-examinations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"self-searchings",
"soul-searchings",
"self-analyses",
"self-recognitions",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"self-knowledges",
"self-revelations",
"self-concepts",
"self-images",
"self-perceptions",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-governance":{
"the state of being free from the control or power of another":{
"examples":[
"despite pessimistic predictions, self-governance has worked out well for the former colony"
],
"synonyms":[
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"independence",
"independency",
"liberty",
"self-determination",
"self-government",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captivity",
"enchainment",
"enslavement",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"subjugation"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependence",
"dependance",
"heteronomy",
"subjection",
"unfreedom"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-gratulatory":{
"as in self-adulatory , self-congratulatory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-adulatory",
"self-congratulatory",
"self-contented",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-applauding",
"self-dramatizing",
"self-glorifying",
"self-promoting",
"overconfident",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"self-affected",
"self-centered",
"self-engrossed",
"selfish",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"holier-than-thou",
"pretentious",
"condescending",
"patronizing",
"domineering",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"disdainful",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"huffy",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"peremptory",
"pontifical",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"uncomplacent",
"diffident",
"self-critical",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"down-to-earth",
"unarrogant",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"demure",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"retiring",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-hate":{
"as in self-loathing , self-disgust":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-disgust",
"self-loathing",
"diffidence",
"self-doubt",
"altruism",
"unselfishness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty",
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amour propre",
"bighead",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egotism",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-congratulation",
"self-esteem",
"self-glory",
"self-importance",
"self-love",
"self-opinion",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"swellheadedness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-righteousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-image":{
"the way you think about yourself and your abilities or appearance":{
"examples":[
"She has a positive self-image buoyed by her years of success."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-concept",
"self-perception",
"introspection",
"self-contemplation",
"self-examination",
"self-observation",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"self-searching",
"soul-searching",
"self-analysis",
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness",
"self-recognition",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"self-actualization",
"self-esteem",
"self-discovery",
"self-exploration",
"self-fulfillment",
"self-realization",
"self-knowledge",
"self-revelation",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-importance":{
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
"examples":[
"the boxer's flamboyant self-importance often made for a colorful prefight press conference"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-consequence",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritativeness",
"bossiness",
"bowwow",
"brag",
"dominance",
"high-handedness",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"chest-thumping",
"inflation",
"self-assertion",
"side",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"snobbism",
"snootiness",
"attitude",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"bombast",
"braggadocio",
"bravado",
"strut",
"swagger",
"triumphalism",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"vanity",
"superiority complex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"retiringness",
"shyness",
"diffidence",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"mousiness",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"submissiveness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness"
],
"antonyms":[
"humility",
"modesty",
"unassumingness",
"unpretentiousness"
]
},
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
"examples":[
"her overbearing self-importance has given her a sense of entitlement"
],
"synonyms":[
"amour propre",
"bighead",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egotism",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-congratulation",
"self-esteem",
"self-glory",
"self-love",
"self-opinion",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"swellheadedness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-righteousness",
"arrogance",
"disdainfulness",
"haughtiness",
"imperiousness",
"lordliness",
"self-assertion",
"snobbishness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"egoism",
"self-centeredness",
"selfishness",
"self-pride",
"self-respect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"self-doubt",
"self-disgust",
"self-hate",
"self-loathing",
"altruism",
"unselfishness",
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"antonyms":[
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-incriminations":{
"as in self-recriminations , self-reproaches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-recriminations",
"self-reproaches",
"self-accusations",
"self-betrayals",
"self-revelations",
"affirmations",
"assertions",
"avouchments",
"claims",
"confirmations",
"declarations",
"insistences",
"professions",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"admissions",
"avowals",
"concessions",
"confessions",
"self-confessions",
"allowances",
"apologies",
"hand-wringings",
"betrayals",
"disclosures",
"divulgences",
"giveaways",
"revelations",
"announcements",
"declarations",
"proclamations",
"pronouncements",
"blames",
"faults",
"responsibilities",
"contritions",
"penitences",
"regrets",
"remorses",
"repentances",
"rues"
],
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"disavowals",
"nonadmissions",
"denials",
"disallowances",
"disclaimers",
"recantations",
"rejections",
"renouncements",
"repudiations"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-involvement":{
"excessive interest in oneself":{
"examples":[
"in their self-involvement , they never noticed that one of their coworkers was on the verge of an emotional breakdown"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"selfishness",
"selfness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-indulgence",
"self-love",
"self-partiality",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-sacrifice",
"detachment",
"disinterestedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"self-flagellation",
"self-annihilation",
"self-immolation"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-loving":{
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
"examples":[
"she's too self-loving an individual to ever have feelings of real love for another person"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"selfish",
"solipsistic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-observation":{
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
"examples":[
"some self-observation might give you some insights into how others perceive you"
],
"synonyms":[
"introspection",
"self-contemplation",
"self-examination",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"self-searching",
"soul-searching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-analysis",
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness",
"self-recognition",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"self-actualization",
"self-discovery",
"self-exploration",
"self-fulfillment",
"self-realization",
"self-knowledge",
"self-revelation",
"self-concept",
"self-image",
"self-perception",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-observations":{
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
"examples":[
"some self-observation might give you some insights into how others perceive you"
],
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"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-examinations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"self-searchings",
"soul-searchings"
],
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"self-analyses",
"self-recognitions",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"self-actualizations",
"self-discoveries",
"self-explorations",
"self-fulfillments",
"self-realizations",
"self-knowledges",
"self-revelations",
"self-concepts",
"self-images",
"self-perceptions",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-obsessed":{
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
"examples":[
"a self-obsessed television journalist, she has a penchant for making herself the focus of every story"
],
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"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"self-loving",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"selfish",
"solipsistic"
],
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"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-operating":{
"designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor":{
"examples":[
"vehicular access to the building complex is controlled by a self-operating gate opener"
],
"synonyms":[
"automated",
"automatic",
"laborsaving",
"robotic",
"self-acting",
"self-regulating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mechanical",
"motorized",
"nonmanual",
"computerized",
"aiding",
"helping",
"easing",
"relieving",
"time-saving",
"semiautomatic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonautomated",
"nonautomatic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-opinion":{
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
"examples":[
"an editor of sufficient self-opinion to include some of her own work in an anthology of the best American short stories"
],
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"amour propre",
"bighead",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egotism",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-congratulation",
"self-esteem",
"self-glory",
"self-importance",
"self-love",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"swellheadedness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-righteousness",
"arrogance",
"disdainfulness",
"haughtiness",
"imperiousness",
"lordliness",
"self-assertion",
"snobbishness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"egoism",
"self-centeredness",
"selfishness",
"self-pride",
"self-respect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"self-doubt",
"self-disgust",
"self-hate",
"self-loathing",
"altruism",
"unselfishness",
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"antonyms":[
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-pity":{
"a feeling of pity for yourself because you believe you have suffered more than is fair or reasonable":{
"examples":[
"He was wallowing in self-pity .",
"She spoke without a trace of self-pity ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"melancholia",
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolation",
"despond",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"dolefulness",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"miserableness",
"mopes",
"mournfulness",
"oppression",
"sadness",
"sorrowfulness",
"unhappiness",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"mourning",
"somberness",
"sorrow",
"woefulness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"discouragement",
"disheartenment",
"moodiness",
"despair",
"desperation",
"hopelessness",
"self-despair",
"boredom",
"ennui",
"tedium",
"dismalness",
"drear",
"morbidness",
"moroseness",
"morosity",
"regret",
"rue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"humor",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"hopefulness",
"optimism",
"sunniness",
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"satisfaction",
"delight",
"gratification",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"gladsomeness",
"happiness",
"heaven",
"intoxication",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-pleased":{
"as in arrogant , conceited":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"hoity-toity",
"imperious",
"important",
"overweening",
"presumptuous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-obsessed",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"uppity",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"affected",
"grandiose",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-minded",
"la-di-da",
"la-de-da",
"lah-de-dah",
"lah-dee-dah",
"lah-di-dah",
"ostentatious",
"pompous",
"pretentious",
"snippy",
"airy",
"grandiloquent",
"high-flown",
"high-sounding",
"high-toned",
"sententious",
"self-aggrandizing",
"self-dramatizing",
"self-glorifying",
"self-promoting",
"cavalier",
"disdainful",
"haughty",
"lordly",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"stuck-up",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"boastful",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"audacious",
"bold",
"brassy",
"cheeky",
"cocky",
"forward",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"flaunting",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"showy",
"splashy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demure",
"down-to-earth",
"homely",
"humble",
"lowly",
"meek",
"retiring",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"bashful",
"diffident",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"passive",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"shy",
"timid",
"modest",
"unpretentious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-poise":{
"as in composure , self-possession":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"composure",
"self-possession",
"self-censorship",
"self-containment",
"self-denial",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"will",
"willpower",
"aloofness",
"detachedness",
"distance",
"command",
"control",
"mastery",
"possession",
"bashfulness",
"modesty",
"shyness",
"constraint",
"continence",
"discipline",
"discretion",
"inhibition",
"refrainment",
"repression",
"reserve",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-control",
"self-restraint",
"suppression",
"reticence",
"silence",
"taciturnity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disinhibition",
"incontinence",
"unconstraint",
"self-abandonment",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestrainedness",
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"overindulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"bluntness",
"candor",
"frankness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-possession":{
"evenness of emotions or temper":{
"examples":[
"that neurosurgeon's self-possession in the operating room is legendary"
],
"synonyms":[
"aplomb",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composedness",
"composure",
"cool",
"coolness",
"countenance",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"imperturbability",
"placidity",
"repose",
"sangfroid",
"self-composedness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"poise",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-trust",
"easygoingness",
"laid-backness",
"apathy",
"detachment",
"impassivity",
"indifference",
"insensibility",
"numbness",
"phlegm",
"unconcern"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"disquiet",
"solicitude",
"uneasiness",
"worry",
"excitability",
"excitableness",
"nervousness",
"disturbance"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitation",
"discomposure",
"perturbation"
]
},
"the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions":{
"examples":[
"the little girl's self-possession very occasionally gave way to crying fits"
],
"synonyms":[
"continence",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-containment",
"self-control",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"self-restraint",
"will",
"willpower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-abnegation",
"self-denial",
"moderateness",
"moderation",
"temperance",
"temperateness",
"determination",
"nerve",
"command",
"control",
"discipline",
"mastery",
"abnegation",
"abstention",
"avoidance",
"eschewal",
"forbearance",
"abstinence",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"composure",
"confidence",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"poise",
"self-confidence",
"discretion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"excessiveness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance",
"intemperateness",
"overindulgence",
"demerit",
"failing",
"fault",
"feebleness",
"foible",
"frailty",
"shortcoming",
"vice",
"weakness",
"indiscipline",
"unconstraint",
"unreserve",
"unreservedness",
"unrestraint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-preoccupation":{
"excessive interest in oneself":{
"examples":[
"the smug self-preoccupation of a generation that had grown up experiencing nothing but affluence"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"self-regard",
"selfishness",
"selfness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-indulgence",
"self-love",
"self-partiality",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-sacrifice",
"detachment",
"disinterestedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"self-flagellation",
"self-annihilation",
"self-immolation"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-reproaches":{
"a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"he was filled with self-reproach for causing the accident"
],
"synonyms":[
"contriteness",
"contrition",
"guilt",
"penitence",
"regret",
"remorse",
"remorsefulness",
"repentance",
"rue",
"shame"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compunction",
"misgiving",
"prick",
"qualm",
"scruple",
"blame",
"culpability",
"fault",
"liability",
"rap",
"responsibility",
"chagrin",
"embarrassment",
"anguish",
"distress",
"grief",
"ruth",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"bloodguilt",
"bloodguiltiness",
"apology",
"excuses",
"hand-wringing",
"mea culpa"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"impenitence",
"remorselessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-righteous":{
"having or showing a strong belief that your own actions, opinions, etc., are right and other people's are wrong":{
"examples":[
"a self-righteous tone",
"It's OK to criticize, but don't get self-righteous about it."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"canting",
"goody-goody",
"holier-than-thou",
"moralistic",
"pharisaical",
"pious",
"rectitudinous",
"sanctimonious",
"simon-pure",
"artificial",
"backhanded",
"counterfeit",
"double",
"double-dealing",
"double-faced",
"fake",
"feigned",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"Janus-faced",
"jive",
"left-handed",
"lip",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"Pecksniffian",
"phony",
"phoney",
"phony-baloney",
"phoney-baloney",
"pretended",
"two-faced",
"unctuous",
"affected",
"assumed",
"claptrap",
"contrived",
"forced",
"mechanical",
"put-on",
"simulated",
"strained",
"unnatural",
"empty",
"hollow",
"meaningless",
"deceitful",
"devious",
"dishonest",
"false",
"untruthful",
"facile",
"glib",
"superficial",
"bogus",
"sham",
"campy",
"facetious",
"jocular",
"tongue-in-cheek"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artless",
"candid",
"genuine",
"heartfelt",
"honest",
"sincere",
"undesigning",
"unfeigned",
"direct",
"forthright",
"frank",
"heart-to-heart",
"open",
"plain",
"straightforward"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-satisfaction":{
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
"examples":[
"so many of the Web site's self-portraits give the impression of clueless self-satisfaction"
],
"synonyms":[
"amour propre",
"bighead",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egotism",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-congratulation",
"self-esteem",
"self-glory",
"self-importance",
"self-love",
"self-opinion",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"swellheadedness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-righteousness",
"arrogance",
"disdainfulness",
"haughtiness",
"imperiousness",
"lordliness",
"self-assertion",
"snobbishness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"egoism",
"self-centeredness",
"selfishness",
"self-pride",
"self-respect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"self-doubt",
"self-disgust",
"self-hate",
"self-loathing",
"altruism",
"unselfishness",
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"antonyms":[
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-serving":{
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
"examples":[
"she's just another self-serving politician who puts her own ambitions above the public good"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"selfish",
"solipsistic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-taught":{
"having skills or knowledge acquired through one's own efforts without formal training":{
"examples":[
"the cellist's success is all the more remarkable because she is self-taught"
],
"synonyms":[
"autodidactic",
"self-educated",
"self-instructed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"na\u00eff",
"naif",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"primitive",
"natural",
"unschooled",
"untutored",
"amateur"
],
"near antonyms":[
"educated",
"lettered",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-willed":{
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
"examples":[
"a self-willed toddler who refused to take her shoes off in the examining room"
],
"synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"bullheaded",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hard-nosed",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inconvincible",
"inflexible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"ossified",
"pat",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-opinionated",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anal-retentive",
"obsessive",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded",
"determined",
"hell-bent",
"inexorable",
"persistent",
"relentless",
"resolved",
"set",
"single-minded",
"steadfast",
"stouthearted",
"tenacious",
"unflinching",
"firm",
"hard-line",
"hard-shell",
"hard-shelled",
"iron",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"hidebound",
"narrow-minded",
"rigid",
"bloody-minded",
"cantankerous",
"contrary",
"cussed",
"contumacious",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"uncooperative",
"ungovernable",
"unmanageable",
"unruly",
"defiant",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"indomitable",
"invincible",
"unconquerable",
"confirmed",
"inveterate",
"unregenerate",
"demanding",
"exacting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"docile",
"obedient",
"placable",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"accepting",
"persuadable",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"willing",
"governable",
"manageable",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"slavish",
"subservient"
],
"antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"relenting",
"yielding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"selfish":{
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
"examples":[
"a selfish desire to succeed at the expense of others"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"solipsistic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"selfishness":{
"excessive interest in oneself":{
"examples":[
"the only reason for constantly ignoring everyone else's problems is selfishness"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"selfness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-indulgence",
"self-love",
"self-partiality",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-sacrifice",
"detachment",
"disinterestedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"self-flagellation",
"self-annihilation",
"self-immolation"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"selflessness":{
"a tendency to regard the well-being of others as more important than one's own well-being":{
"examples":[
"She was widely admired for her selflessness and dedication to the cause."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altruism",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness",
"bonhomie",
"camaraderie",
"collegiality",
"community",
"companionship",
"company",
"comradeship",
"civility",
"comity",
"concord",
"harmony",
"rapport",
"rapprochement",
"charity",
"generosity",
"affinity",
"communion",
"empathy",
"kindness",
"sympathy",
"tolerance",
"amity",
"benevolence",
"brotherhood",
"cordiality",
"cordialness",
"fellowship",
"friendliness",
"friendship",
"gem\u00fctlichkeit",
"good-fellowship",
"goodwill",
"kindliness",
"neighborliness",
"collaboration",
"cooperation",
"coordination",
"teamwork",
"partnership",
"mutualism",
"reciprocity",
"symbiosis",
"synergism",
"synergy",
"cooperativeness",
"kinship",
"oneness",
"solidarity",
"togetherness",
"unity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disfavor",
"intolerance",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hate",
"hatred",
"hostility",
"incivility",
"malice",
"rancor",
"belligerency",
"quarrelsomeness",
"querulousness",
"ill will",
"malevolence",
"venom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sell (out)":{
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
"examples":[
"the band sold out its faithful followers, abandoning its edgy style for a more commercial sound"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstab",
"betray",
"cross",
"double-cross",
"two-time"
],
"near synonyms":[
"give away",
"inform (on)",
"peach",
"rat (on)",
"shop",
"snitch (on)",
"split (on)",
"tell (on)",
"turn in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"save",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[
"stand by"
]
},
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
"examples":[
"the sellout makes it much harder for me to trust you ever again"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstabbing",
"betrayal",
"business",
"disloyalty",
"double cross",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"infidelity",
"perfidy",
"treachery",
"treason",
"two-timing",
"unfaithfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandonment",
"desertion",
"deceit",
"deception",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"two-facedness",
"fraud",
"informing",
"lying",
"snitching",
"talebearing",
"trickery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependability",
"reliability",
"trustworthiness",
"defense",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[
"allegiance",
"devotion",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"staunchness",
"steadfastness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"selling a bill of goods to":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bilking",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"chousing",
"conning",
"cozening",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"doing",
"doing in",
"euchring",
"fiddling",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"gaffing",
"hosing",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"nobbling",
"plucking",
"reaming",
"ripping off",
"rooking",
"screwing",
"shaking down",
"shortchanging",
"shorting",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stiffing",
"stinging",
"suckering",
"swindling",
"thimblerigging",
"victimizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorting",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"clipping",
"gouging",
"nicking",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"exploiting",
"milking",
"deceiving",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"tricking",
"roping (in)",
"betraying",
"bitching",
"double-crossing",
"bamboozling",
"fast-talking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"selling short":{
"to place too low a value on":{
"examples":[
"I think you're selling yourself short ; you're much better at this than you think you are."
],
"synonyms":[
"underestimating",
"underrating",
"undervaluing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"de-emphasizing",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"soft-pedaling",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"depreciating",
"disparaging",
"despising",
"disdaining",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciating",
"cherishing",
"prizing",
"treasuring",
"valuing",
"admiring",
"esteeming",
"regarding",
"respecting",
"adoring",
"idolizing",
"reverencing",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping"
],
"antonyms":[
"overestimating",
"overrating",
"overvaluing"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"self-denial":{
"the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired":{
"examples":[
"dieting is an endless exercise in self-denial"
],
"synonyms":[
"abnegation",
"renouncement",
"renunciation",
"repudiation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denial",
"refusal",
"relinquishment",
"resignation",
"surrender",
"self-abnegation",
"self-renunciation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptance",
"adoption",
"embrace",
"embracement",
"espousal"
],
"antonyms":[
"indulgence",
"self-indulgence"
]
},
"voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
"examples":[
"self-indulgent even when she was poor, she wasn't about to practice self-denial after getting rich"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstinence",
"continence",
"self-abnegation",
"sobriety",
"temperance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"control",
"forbearance",
"restraint",
"discipline",
"self-command",
"self-control",
"self-discipline",
"self-mastery",
"asceticism",
"austerity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gluttony",
"greed",
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity",
"voraciousness",
"voracity",
"hedonism",
"sensuality",
"sybaritism"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-indulgence"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-concerns":{
"excessive interest in oneself":{
"examples":[
"she saw in him the kind of self-concern that she thought was unattractive in a partner"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"selfishness",
"selfness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-indulgence",
"self-love",
"self-partiality",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-sacrifice",
"detachment",
"disinterestedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"self-flagellation",
"self-annihilation",
"self-immolation"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-regulating":{
"designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor":{
"examples":[
"a self-regulating thermostat runs the home's heating and cooling system"
],
"synonyms":[
"automated",
"automatic",
"laborsaving",
"robotic",
"self-acting",
"self-operating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mechanical",
"motorized",
"nonmanual",
"computerized",
"aiding",
"helping",
"easing",
"relieving",
"time-saving",
"semiautomatic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonautomated",
"nonautomatic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"selvages":{
"as in frontiers , borderlands":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"borderlands",
"frontiers",
"marches",
"outskirts",
"pales",
"demarcations",
"extents",
"limitations",
"measures",
"meres",
"restrictions",
"terminations",
"laps",
"ceilings",
"maxima",
"maximums",
"shores",
"brinks",
"crests",
"curbs",
"cusps",
"lips",
"ambits",
"borderlines",
"borders",
"boundaries",
"bounds",
"brims",
"circumferences",
"compasses",
"confines",
"edges",
"edgings",
"ends",
"frames",
"fringes",
"hems",
"margins",
"perimeters",
"peripheries",
"rims",
"skirtings",
"skirts",
"verges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"centers",
"cores",
"hearts",
"inners",
"insides",
"interiors",
"middles",
"withins"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-realizations":{
"the act of achieving the full development of your abilities and talents":{
"examples":[
"Work is often a means of self-realization ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-actualizations",
"self-discoveries",
"self-explorations",
"self-fulfillments",
"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-examinations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"self-searchings",
"soul-searchings",
"self-analyses",
"self-recognitions",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"self-knowledges",
"self-revelations",
"self-concepts",
"self-images",
"self-perceptions",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-supporting":{
"able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help":{
"examples":[
"she had to take a higher-paying job in order to be self-supporting"
],
"synonyms":[
"independent",
"self-dependent",
"self-reliant",
"self-subsistent",
"self-subsisting",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supported",
"self-sustained",
"self-sustaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autonomous",
"free",
"self-determining",
"potent",
"powerful",
"resilient",
"strong"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helpless",
"inadequate",
"incompetent",
"insufficient",
"impotent",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependent",
"reliant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-starter":{
"an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired":{
"examples":[
"hired a self-starter who instantly saw what needed to be done, and did it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bootstrapper",
"go-ahead",
"go-getter",
"highflier",
"highflyer",
"hummer",
"hustler",
"live wire",
"powerhouse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eager beaver",
"achiever",
"comer",
"doer",
"enterpriser",
"he-man",
"individualist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawdler",
"idler",
"loafer",
"lounger",
"putterer",
"trifler",
"goldbrick",
"malingerer",
"procrastinator",
"shirker",
"slacker",
"drone",
"lazybones",
"sluggard",
"dallier",
"laggard",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"slowpoke",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"ignorer",
"ne'er-do-well",
"neglecter",
"daydreamer",
"dreamer",
"dropout",
"quitter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-sustaining":{
"able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help":{
"examples":[
"with its own farm, the estate was largely self-sustaining"
],
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"independent",
"self-dependent",
"self-reliant",
"self-subsistent",
"self-subsisting",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supported",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustained"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autonomous",
"free",
"self-determining",
"potent",
"powerful",
"resilient",
"strong"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helpless",
"inadequate",
"incompetent",
"insufficient",
"impotent",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependent",
"reliant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sells down the river":{
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"backstabs",
"betrays",
"crosses",
"double-crosses",
"sells (out)",
"two-times"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gives away",
"informs (on)",
"peaches",
"rats (on)",
"shops",
"snitches (on)",
"splits (on)",
"tells (on)",
"turns in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"saves",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[
"stands by"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"self-affected":{
"as in self-conceited , self-applauding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-important",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"upbeat",
"self-promoting",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"poised",
"recollected",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unperturbed",
"unshaken",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unself-conscious",
"unshakable",
"assured",
"confident",
"secure",
"self-asserting",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"disciplined",
"self-collected",
"self-composed",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"self-poised",
"self-reliant",
"self-sufficient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffident",
"insecure",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"humble",
"modest",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"bashful",
"demure",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"shy",
"self-critical",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"selling (out)":{
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
"examples":[
"the band sold out its faithful followers, abandoning its edgy style for a more commercial sound"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstabbing",
"betraying",
"crossing",
"double-crossing",
"two-timing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"giving away",
"informing (on)",
"peaching",
"ratting (on)",
"shopping",
"snitching (on)",
"splitting (on)",
"telling (on)",
"turning in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"saving",
"shielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"standing by"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"self-concepts":{
"as in self-images , self-perceptions":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-images",
"self-perceptions",
"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-examinations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"self-searchings",
"soul-searchings",
"self-analyses",
"self-recognitions",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"self-actualizations",
"self-discoveries",
"self-explorations",
"self-fulfillments",
"self-realizations",
"self-knowledges",
"self-revelations",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-destructs":{
"as in implodes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"implodes",
"goes under",
"crashes",
"crumbles",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"flounders",
"struggles",
"bombs",
"collapses",
"craters",
"fails",
"flames out",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"tanks",
"washes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clicks",
"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"pans out",
"succeeds",
"works out",
"cooks",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"self-will":{
"a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
"examples":[
"a schoolboy with a streak of self-will and rebellion"
],
"synonyms":[
"bullheadedness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"intransigence",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"opinionatedness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-opinionatedness",
"stubbornness",
"willfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anal-retentiveness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"waywardness",
"wrongheadedness",
"adamancy",
"adamance",
"determination",
"implacability",
"inexorability",
"inflexibility",
"inveteracy",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"relentlessness",
"resolve",
"single-mindedness",
"steadfastness",
"stick-to-itiveness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"firmness",
"hardness",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"sternness",
"strictness",
"narrow-mindedness",
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"bloody-mindedness",
"cantankerousness",
"contrariness",
"cussedness",
"balkiness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"immovability",
"immovableness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"recalcitrancy",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"flexibility",
"pliability",
"pliableness",
"pliancy",
"pliantness",
"compliance",
"docility",
"obedience",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"submission",
"surrender",
"willingness",
"yielding",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-supported":{
"able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help":{
"examples":[
"only self-supported performing arts organizations will survive the huge cut in government subsidies"
],
"synonyms":[
"independent",
"self-dependent",
"self-reliant",
"self-subsistent",
"self-subsisting",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustained",
"self-sustaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autonomous",
"free",
"self-determining",
"potent",
"powerful",
"resilient",
"strong"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helpless",
"inadequate",
"incompetent",
"insufficient",
"impotent",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependent",
"reliant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-perception":{
"the idea that you have about the kind of person you are":{
"examples":[
"People's self-perceptions are often very different from the way other people perceive them."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-concept",
"self-image",
"introspection",
"self-contemplation",
"self-examination",
"self-observation",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"self-searching",
"soul-searching",
"self-analysis",
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness",
"self-recognition",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"self-actualization",
"self-esteem",
"self-discovery",
"self-exploration",
"self-fulfillment",
"self-realization",
"self-knowledge",
"self-revelation",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-critical":{
"as in diffident , self-doubting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diffident",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving",
"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"uncomplacent",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"down-to-earth",
"unarrogant",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"demure",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"retiring",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"biggety",
"biggity",
"bigheaded",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"consequential",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-opinionated",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"swellheaded",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"disdainful",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"huffy",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"peremptory",
"pontifical",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"selling":{
"to offer for sale to the public":{
"examples":[
"used to sell groceries in a small neighborhood market"
],
"synonyms":[
"dealing (in)",
"marketing",
"merchandising",
"merchandizing",
"putting up",
"retailing",
"vending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselling",
"wholesaling",
"remarketing",
"reselling",
"hawking",
"peddling",
"bartering",
"distributing",
"exchanging",
"exporting",
"handling",
"trading",
"trafficking (in)",
"advertising",
"ballyhooing",
"boosting",
"plugging",
"promoting",
"touting",
"bargaining",
"chaffering",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse-trading",
"paltering",
"auctioning",
"providing",
"supplying",
"carrying",
"keeping",
"stocking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"buying",
"purchasing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"self-revelations":{
"as in self-accusations , self-betrayals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-accusations",
"self-betrayals",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"admissions",
"avowals",
"concessions",
"confessions",
"self-confessions",
"self-incriminations",
"self-recriminations",
"self-reproaches",
"affirmations",
"assertions",
"avouchments",
"claims",
"confirmations",
"declarations",
"insistences",
"professions",
"allowances",
"apologies",
"hand-wringings",
"betrayals",
"disclosures",
"divulgences",
"giveaways",
"revelations",
"announcements",
"declarations",
"proclamations",
"pronouncements",
"blames",
"faults",
"responsibilities",
"contritions",
"penitences",
"regrets",
"remorses",
"repentances",
"rues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavowals",
"nonadmissions",
"denials",
"disallowances",
"disclaimers",
"recantations",
"rejections",
"renouncements",
"repudiations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in self-knowledges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-knowledges",
"self-actualizations",
"self-discoveries",
"self-explorations",
"self-fulfillments",
"self-realizations",
"self-concepts",
"self-images",
"self-perceptions",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations",
"self-analyses",
"self-recognitions",
"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-examinations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"self-searchings",
"soul-searchings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sells (out)":{
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
"examples":[
"the band sold out its faithful followers, abandoning its edgy style for a more commercial sound"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstabs",
"betrays",
"crosses",
"double-crosses",
"two-times"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gives away",
"informs (on)",
"peaches",
"rats (on)",
"shops",
"snitches (on)",
"splits (on)",
"tells (on)",
"turns in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"saves",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[
"stands by"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"selves":{
"the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others":{
"examples":[
"some believe that it's only in times of great stress that a person's true self is revealed"
],
"synonyms":[
"characters",
"clays",
"colors",
"complexions",
"constitutions",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"natures",
"personalities",
"tones"
],
"near synonyms":[
"individualities",
"singularities",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"earmarks",
"essentialities",
"features",
"flavors",
"hallmarks",
"marks",
"points",
"properties",
"savors",
"savours",
"stamps",
"traits",
"dispositions",
"grains",
"sorts",
"temperaments",
"tempers",
"compositions",
"makeups",
"essences",
"essentialities",
"interiorities",
"interiors",
"souls",
"spirits",
"metals",
"stuff",
"substances",
"habits",
"ways"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"selectively":{
"as in restrictively":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"restrictively",
"individually",
"personally",
"especially",
"particularly",
"specifically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"generally",
"broadly",
"widely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"self-involved":{
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
"examples":[
"most of the local teenagers seem too self-involved to care much about the world that lies beyond their affluent suburb"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"selfish",
"solipsistic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-forgetful":{
"as in selfless , unselfish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"near antonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"selfish",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"solipsistic",
"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-sufficiency":{
"the ability to care for one's self":{
"examples":[
"self-sufficiency is a goal that all teenagers should work towards"
],
"synonyms":[
"independence",
"self-dependence",
"self-reliance",
"self-subsistence",
"self-support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"self-determination",
"potency",
"power",
"resilience",
"strength"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"inadequacy",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependence",
"dependance",
"reliance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-colored":{
"having or consisting of a single color":{
"examples":[
"although a self-colored cat is most frequently black, it may also be brown, cream, lilac, blue, or red"
],
"synonyms":[
"monochromatic",
"monochrome",
"monochromic",
"self",
"solid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"achromatic",
"neutral"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dappled",
"dapple",
"marbled",
"shaded",
"mottled",
"parti-color",
"parti-colored",
"piebald",
"pied",
"pinto",
"skewbald",
"banded",
"barred",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"streaked",
"striated",
"checkered",
"dotted",
"patterned",
"plaid",
"striped",
"flecked",
"specked",
"speckled",
"spotted",
"bichrome",
"bicolored",
"bicolor",
"dichromatic",
"trichromatic",
"tricolor",
"tricolored",
"two-tone"
],
"antonyms":[
"chromatic",
"colorful",
"kaleidoscopic",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"varied",
"variegated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"selecting":{
"the act or process of selecting":{
"examples":[
"the selecting of the party's nominee took three days and half a dozen votes"
],
"synonyms":[
"choice",
"choosing",
"election",
"picking",
"selection"
],
"near synonyms":[
"option",
"appointment",
"assignment",
"designation",
"naming",
"nomination",
"decision"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"selected only two people out of 300 applicants for the summer internship"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picking",
"choosing",
"culling",
"electing",
"handpicking",
"naming",
"opting (for)",
"picking",
"preferring",
"singling (out)",
"tagging",
"taking"
],
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"preselecting",
"appointing",
"designating",
"fixing",
"marking",
"nominating",
"setting",
"tabbing",
"tapping",
"accepting",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"espousing",
"settling (on or upon)"
],
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"disapproving",
"negativing",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"discarding",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"turning down"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sells short":{
"to place too low a value on":{
"examples":[
"I think you're selling yourself short ; you're much better at this than you think you are."
],
"synonyms":[
"underestimates",
"underrates",
"undervalues"
],
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"de-emphasizes",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"soft-pedals",
"belittles",
"decries",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"despises",
"disdains",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciates",
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"admires",
"esteems",
"regards",
"respects",
"adores",
"idolizes",
"reverences",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships"
],
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"overestimates",
"overrates",
"overvalues"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"self-revelation":{
"as in self-accusation , self-betrayal":{
"examples":[],
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"self-accusation",
"self-betrayal",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"admission",
"avowal",
"concession",
"confession",
"self-confession",
"self-incrimination",
"self-recrimination",
"self-reproach",
"affirmation",
"assertion",
"avouchment",
"claim",
"confirmation",
"declaration",
"insistence",
"profession",
"allowance",
"apology",
"hand-wringing",
"betrayal",
"disclosure",
"divulgence",
"giveaway",
"revelation",
"announcement",
"declaration",
"proclamation",
"pronouncement",
"blame",
"fault",
"responsibility",
"contriteness",
"contrition",
"penitence",
"regret",
"remorse",
"remorsefulness",
"repentance",
"rue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavowal",
"nonadmission",
"denial",
"disallowance",
"disclaimer",
"recantation",
"rejection",
"renouncement",
"repudiation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in self-knowledge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-knowledge",
"self-actualization",
"self-discovery",
"self-exploration",
"self-fulfillment",
"self-realization",
"self-concept",
"self-image",
"self-perception",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination",
"self-analysis",
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness",
"self-recognition",
"introspection",
"self-contemplation",
"self-examination",
"self-observation",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"self-searching",
"soul-searching"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-suggestion":{
"as in self-hypnosis , automatism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"autohypnosis",
"automatism",
"autosuggestion",
"self-hypnosis",
"hypnosis",
"hypnotism",
"mesmerism",
"bewitchment",
"enchantment",
"spellbinding"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-infatuated":{
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
"examples":[
"a physician who specializes in cosmetic surgery mainly for self-infatuated socialites"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"selfish",
"solipsistic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-reproving":{
"as in self-doubting , self-distrustful":{
"examples":[],
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"diffident",
"self-critical",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting",
"self-reproachful",
"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"uncomplacent",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"down-to-earth",
"unarrogant",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"demure",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"retiring",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"biggety",
"biggity",
"bigheaded",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"consequential",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-opinionated",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"swellheaded",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"disdainful",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"huffy",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"peremptory",
"pontifical",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-starters":{
"an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired":{
"examples":[
"hired a self-starter who instantly saw what needed to be done, and did it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bootstrappers",
"go-aheads",
"go-getters",
"highfliers",
"highflyers",
"hummers",
"hustlers",
"live wires",
"powerhouses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eager beavers",
"achievers",
"comers",
"doers",
"enterprisers",
"he-men",
"individualists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dawdlers",
"idlers",
"loafers",
"loungers",
"putterers",
"triflers",
"goldbricks",
"malingerers",
"procrastinators",
"shirkers",
"slackers",
"drones",
"lazybones",
"sluggards",
"dalliers",
"laggards",
"lingerers",
"loiterers",
"slowpokes",
"stick-in-the-muds",
"ignorers",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"neglecters",
"daydreamers",
"dreamers",
"dropouts",
"quitters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"selects":{
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"selected only two people out of 300 applicants for the summer internship"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picks",
"chooses",
"culls",
"elects",
"handpicks",
"names",
"opts (for)",
"picks",
"prefers",
"singles (out)",
"tags",
"takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselects",
"appoints",
"designates",
"fixes",
"marks",
"nominates",
"sets",
"tabs",
"taps",
"accepts",
"adopts",
"embraces",
"espouses",
"settles (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"discards",
"jettisons",
"throws away",
"throws out"
],
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"turns down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"self-advertiser":{
"as in self-promoter , self-dramatizer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-dramatizer",
"self-promoter",
"blusterer",
"cock",
"blower",
"blowhard",
"boaster",
"brag",
"braggadocio",
"braggart",
"bragger",
"cockalorum",
"cracker",
"gascon",
"gasconader",
"swaggerer",
"vaunter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-renunciation":{
"as in self-abnegation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-abnegation",
"relinquishment",
"resignation",
"surrender",
"denial",
"refusal",
"abnegation",
"renouncement",
"renunciation",
"repudiation",
"self-denial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"acceptance",
"adoption",
"embrace",
"embracement",
"espousal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-concept":{
"as in self-image , self-perception":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-image",
"self-perception",
"introspection",
"self-contemplation",
"self-examination",
"self-observation",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"self-searching",
"soul-searching",
"self-analysis",
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness",
"self-recognition",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"self-actualization",
"self-discovery",
"self-esteem",
"self-exploration",
"self-fulfillment",
"self-realization",
"self-knowledge",
"self-revelation",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sellers":{
"the person in a business deal who hands over an item in exchange for money":{
"examples":[
"the seller ceremoniously gave me the title to the car when I handed him my check"
],
"synonyms":[
"brokers",
"dealers",
"merchandisers",
"vendors",
"venders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"merchants",
"traders",
"tradesmen",
"auctioneers",
"concessionaires",
"black marketers",
"black marketeers",
"bootleggers",
"fencers",
"fences",
"hustlers",
"scalpers",
"smugglers",
"traffickers",
"discounters",
"distributors",
"e-tailers",
"exporters",
"jobbers",
"resellers",
"retailers",
"wholesalers",
"chapmen",
"hawkers",
"hucksters",
"peddlers",
"pedlars",
"salesclerks",
"salesmen",
"salespeople",
"saleswomen",
"shopgirls",
"bargainers",
"hagglers",
"horse traders",
"palterers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consumers",
"end users",
"users"
],
"antonyms":[
"buyers",
"purchasers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sells":{
"to offer for sale to the public":{
"examples":[
"used to sell groceries in a small neighborhood market"
],
"synonyms":[
"deals (in)",
"markets",
"merchandises",
"merchandizes",
"puts up",
"retails",
"vends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"presells",
"wholesales",
"remarkets",
"resells",
"hawks",
"peddles",
"barters",
"distributes",
"exchanges",
"exports",
"handles",
"trades",
"traffics (in)",
"advertises",
"ballyhoos",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"touts",
"bargains",
"chaffers",
"dickers",
"haggles",
"horse-trades",
"palters",
"auctions",
"provides",
"supplies",
"carries",
"keeps",
"stocks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"buys",
"purchases"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"self-loathing":{
"as in self-disgust , self-hate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-disgust",
"self-hate",
"diffidence",
"self-doubt",
"altruism",
"unselfishness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty",
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amour propre",
"bighead",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egotism",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-congratulation",
"self-esteem",
"self-glory",
"self-importance",
"self-love",
"self-opinion",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"swellheadedness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-righteousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-exploration":{
"as in self-esteem , self-discovery":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-actualization",
"self-discovery",
"self-esteem",
"self-fulfillment",
"self-realization",
"introspection",
"self-contemplation",
"self-examination",
"self-observation",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"self-searching",
"soul-searching",
"self-analysis",
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness",
"self-recognition",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"self-knowledge",
"self-revelation",
"self-concept",
"self-image",
"self-perception",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-composed":{
"free from emotional or mental agitation":{
"examples":[
"appeared self-composed for someone who had just been in a car accident"
],
"synonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"equal",
"level",
"limpid",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"possessed",
"recollected",
"sedate",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"smooth",
"together",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"even",
"even-keeled",
"steady",
"well-adjusted",
"well-balanced",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unshakable",
"centered",
"disciplined",
"equable",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"affable",
"breezy",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"laid-back",
"loosey-goosey",
"mellow",
"carefree",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"assured",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"indifferent",
"bovine",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"sober",
"stolid",
"relaxed",
"relieved",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anxious",
"bothered",
"distressed",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"unsettled",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"restless",
"skittish",
"tense",
"high-strung",
"unstable",
"uptight"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitated",
"discomposed",
"disturbed",
"flustered",
"perturbed",
"unglued",
"unhinged",
"unstrung",
"upset"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-searchings":{
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
"examples":[
"the author seems to use poetry as a medium for her restless self-searching"
],
"synonyms":[
"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-examinations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"soul-searchings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-analyses",
"self-recognitions",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"self-actualizations",
"self-discoveries",
"self-explorations",
"self-fulfillments",
"self-realizations",
"self-knowledges",
"self-revelations",
"self-concepts",
"self-images",
"self-perceptions",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-actualizations":{
"the process of fully developing and using your abilities":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-discoveries",
"self-explorations",
"self-fulfillments",
"self-realizations",
"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-examinations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"self-searchings",
"soul-searchings",
"self-analyses",
"self-recognitions",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"self-knowledges",
"self-revelations",
"self-concepts",
"self-images",
"self-perceptions",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-hypnosis":{
"as in automatism , autosuggestion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"autohypnosis",
"automatism",
"autosuggestion",
"self-suggestion",
"hypnosis",
"hypnotism",
"mesmerism",
"bewitchment",
"enchantment",
"spellbinding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-subsistent":{
"able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help":{
"examples":[
"that country was agronomically self-subsistent before industrialization"
],
"synonyms":[
"independent",
"self-dependent",
"self-reliant",
"self-subsisting",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supported",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustained",
"self-sustaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autonomous",
"free",
"self-determining",
"potent",
"powerful",
"resilient",
"strong"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helpless",
"inadequate",
"incompetent",
"insufficient",
"impotent",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependent",
"reliant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-control":{
"the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions":{
"examples":[
"toddlers have very little self-control"
],
"synonyms":[
"continence",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-containment",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"self-possession",
"self-restraint",
"will",
"willpower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-abnegation",
"self-denial",
"moderateness",
"moderation",
"temperance",
"temperateness",
"determination",
"nerve",
"command",
"control",
"discipline",
"mastery",
"abnegation",
"abstention",
"avoidance",
"eschewal",
"forbearance",
"abstinence",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"composure",
"confidence",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"poise",
"self-confidence",
"discretion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"excessiveness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance",
"intemperateness",
"overindulgence",
"demerit",
"failing",
"fault",
"feebleness",
"foible",
"frailty",
"shortcoming",
"vice",
"weakness",
"indiscipline",
"unconstraint",
"unreserve",
"unreservedness",
"unrestraint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others":{
"examples":[
"she could be passionate and intense, but generally exercised steely self-control in the company of strangers"
],
"synonyms":[
"constraint",
"continence",
"discipline",
"discretion",
"inhibition",
"refrainment",
"repression",
"reserve",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-restraint",
"suppression"
],
"near synonyms":[
"command",
"control",
"mastery",
"possession",
"self-censorship",
"self-containment",
"self-denial",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"will",
"willpower",
"composure",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"aloofness",
"detachedness",
"distance",
"bashfulness",
"modesty",
"shyness",
"reticence",
"silence",
"taciturnity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestrainedness",
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"overindulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"bluntness",
"candor",
"frankness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinhibition",
"incontinence",
"unconstraint"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-regarding":{
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
"examples":[
"many residents of that community seem to be into psychoanalysis, a luxury that few but the self-regarding wealthy can afford"
],
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"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"selfish",
"solipsistic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"selectee":{
"a person forced or required to enroll in military service":{
"examples":[
"had the dubious distinction of being the last selectee to serve in the Vietnam War"
],
"synonyms":[
"conscript",
"draftee",
"inductee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"levy",
"recruit",
"rookie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enlistee",
"volunteer"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty":{
"examples":[
"NASA's roster of selectees for its astronaut training program"
],
"synonyms":[
"appointee",
"designee",
"nominee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"candidate",
"assignee",
"licensee",
"licentiate",
"permittee",
"inductee",
"agent",
"delegate",
"delegatee",
"deputy",
"choice",
"draftee",
"endorsee",
"pick",
"selection"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sell (for)":{
"to have a price of":{
"examples":[
"the house is selling for $200,000"
],
"synonyms":[
"bring",
"cost",
"fetch",
"go (for)",
"run"
],
"near synonyms":[
"list (for)",
"amount (to)",
"come (to)",
"total",
"command",
"exact",
"ask",
"demand"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"self-governed":{
"not being under the rule or control of another":{
"examples":[
"far beyond the reach of civil or military authorities, the settlers on the frontier were essentially self-governed"
],
"synonyms":[
"autonomous",
"free",
"freestanding",
"independent",
"self-governing",
"self-ruling",
"separate",
"sovereign",
"sovran"
],
"near synonyms":[
"freeborn",
"delivered",
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released",
"unconquered",
"unruled",
"unsupervised",
"empowered",
"enfranchised",
"democratic",
"republican"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bound",
"captive",
"conquered",
"enslaved",
"fettered",
"subdued",
"subjugated",
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"subservient"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependent",
"nonautonomous",
"non-self-governing",
"subject",
"unfree"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-dramatizer":{
"as in self-promoter , self-advertiser":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-advertiser",
"self-promoter",
"blusterer",
"cock",
"blower",
"blowhard",
"boaster",
"brag",
"braggadocio",
"braggart",
"bragger",
"cockalorum",
"cracker",
"gascon",
"gasconader",
"swaggerer",
"vaunter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-flagellation":{
"as in self-sacrifice , self-immolation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-annihilation",
"self-immolation",
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-sacrifice",
"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"selfishness",
"selfness",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-indulgence",
"self-love",
"self-partiality",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-contained":{
"as in independent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"independent",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"discrete",
"free",
"freestanding",
"separate",
"single",
"unattached",
"unconnected",
"individual",
"private"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attached",
"connected",
"joined",
"linked",
"adjoining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in sober , staid":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sedate",
"sober",
"staid",
"aloof",
"indrawn",
"inhibited",
"introverted",
"restrained",
"backward",
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"diffident",
"modest",
"retiring",
"self-effacing",
"sheepish",
"closemouthed",
"dumb",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blabby",
"chatty",
"communicative",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"motormouthed",
"mouthy",
"talkative",
"talky",
"unreserved",
"free-spoken",
"outspoken",
"vocal",
"gossipy",
"talebearing",
"diffuse",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in disciplined , self-controlled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disciplined",
"self-collected",
"self-composed",
"self-controlled",
"self-poised",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unself-conscious",
"unshakable",
"self-reliant",
"self-sufficient",
"self-promoting",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-important",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"upbeat",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"poised",
"recollected",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unperturbed",
"unshaken",
"assured",
"confident",
"secure",
"self-asserting",
"self-assured",
"self-confident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffident",
"insecure",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"humble",
"modest",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"bashful",
"demure",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"shy",
"self-critical",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-determination":{
"the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions":{
"examples":[
"the United States officially recognizes 18 as the age at which someone is entitled to self-determination"
],
"synonyms":[
"accord",
"autonomy",
"choice",
"free will",
"volition",
"will"
],
"near synonyms":[
"election",
"preference",
"selection",
"bent",
"devices",
"disposition",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"alternative",
"discretion",
"option",
"pick",
"way"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coercion",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"duress",
"force",
"pressure"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being free from the control or power of another":{
"examples":[
"rebels fighting for the territory's self-determination"
],
"synonyms":[
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"independence",
"independency",
"liberty",
"self-governance",
"self-government",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captivity",
"enchainment",
"enslavement",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"subjugation"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependence",
"dependance",
"heteronomy",
"subjection",
"unfreedom"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-doubting":{
"as in modest , timid":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diffident",
"insecure",
"meek",
"modest",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"unadventurous",
"unenterprising",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gauche",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"rough-hewn",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"stiff",
"stilted",
"uncomfortable",
"ungraceful",
"wooden",
"backward",
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"introverted",
"recessive",
"retiring",
"self-effacing",
"sheepish",
"shy",
"withdrawn",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"mortified",
"nervous",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perturbed",
"rattled",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"uneasy",
"uptight",
"abashed",
"discomfited",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"self-conscious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"confident",
"cool",
"placid",
"poised",
"secure",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"graceful",
"suave",
"urbane"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"select":{
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"selected only two people out of 300 applicants for the summer internship"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-pick",
"choose",
"cull",
"elect",
"handpick",
"name",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"prefer",
"single (out)",
"tag",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselect",
"appoint",
"designate",
"fix",
"mark",
"nominate",
"set",
"tab",
"tap",
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"settle (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapprove",
"negative",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"discard",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down"
]
},
"singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking":{
"examples":[
"the company claims to use only select beans to make its coffee"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picked",
"choice",
"chosen",
"elect",
"favored",
"favorite",
"first-line",
"handpicked",
"picked",
"preferred",
"selected"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fashionable",
"exclusive",
"culled",
"picked over",
"screened",
"weeded (out)",
"winnowed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having qualities that appeal to a refined taste":{
"examples":[
"select fabrics that the shop makes into expensive suits for its well-heeled clientele"
],
"synonyms":[
"choice",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"elegant",
"exquisite",
"fine",
"rare",
"recherch\u00e9"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bijou",
"jewellike",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"elite",
"exclusive",
"classic",
"excellent",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"noble",
"outstanding",
"par excellence",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"transcendent",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"ultrarare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"gross",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"lowbrow",
"raffish",
"rough",
"rough-hewn",
"tasteless",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar",
"commercial",
"mass-produced",
"popular",
"common",
"ordinary",
"average",
"lesser",
"mediocre",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-class",
"second-rate",
"deficient",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"self-reproach":{
"a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing":{
"examples":[
"he was filled with self-reproach for causing the accident"
],
"synonyms":[
"contriteness",
"contrition",
"guilt",
"penitence",
"regret",
"remorse",
"remorsefulness",
"repentance",
"rue",
"shame"
],
"near synonyms":[
"compunction",
"misgiving",
"prick",
"qualm",
"scruple",
"blame",
"culpability",
"fault",
"liability",
"rap",
"responsibility",
"chagrin",
"embarrassment",
"anguish",
"distress",
"grief",
"ruth",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"bloodguilt",
"bloodguiltiness",
"apology",
"excuses",
"hand-wringing",
"mea culpa"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"impenitence",
"remorselessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-applauding":{
"as in self-conceited , self-complacent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-important",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"upbeat",
"self-promoting",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"poised",
"recollected",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unperturbed",
"unshaken",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unself-conscious",
"unshakable",
"assured",
"confident",
"secure",
"self-asserting",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"disciplined",
"self-collected",
"self-composed",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"self-poised",
"self-reliant",
"self-sufficient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffident",
"insecure",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"humble",
"modest",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"bashful",
"demure",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"shy",
"self-critical",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-contemplation":{
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
"examples":[
"she doesn't seem to see the difference between a reasonable amount of self-contemplation and total self-absorption"
],
"synonyms":[
"introspection",
"self-examination",
"self-observation",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"self-searching",
"soul-searching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-analysis",
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness",
"self-recognition",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"self-actualization",
"self-discovery",
"self-exploration",
"self-fulfillment",
"self-realization",
"self-knowledge",
"self-revelation",
"self-concept",
"self-image",
"self-perception",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-glorifying":{
"as in self-conceited , self-opinionated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"inner-directed",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"selfish",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"solipsistic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"her degree of self-interest is perhaps best reflected in her favorite topic of conversation\u2014herself"
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"self-centeredness",
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"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"selfishness",
"selfness"
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"noun"
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"verb"
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"as in selflessness , unselfishness":{
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"fast-talks"
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"we were highly selective about the music we listened to while trying out loudspeakers"
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"choosy",
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"nice",
"fastidious",
"finical",
"finicking",
"finicky",
"fussy",
"discerning",
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"indiscriminate",
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"nonselective",
"unselective"
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"adjective"
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"the idea that you have about the kind of person you are":{
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"People's self-perceptions are often very different from the way other people perceive them."
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"as in frontier , borderland":{
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"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
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"the self-assumption of the young Internet entrepreneur was positively stunning"
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"self-glory",
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"swelled head",
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"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity"
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"assurance",
"confidence",
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"haughtiness",
"imperiousness",
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"snobbishness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"egoism",
"self-centeredness",
"selfishness",
"self-pride",
"self-respect"
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"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"self-doubt",
"self-disgust",
"self-hate",
"self-loathing",
"altruism",
"unselfishness",
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
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"passiveness",
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"noun"
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"self-concerned":{
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
"examples":[
"her self-concerned older brother rarely if ever had time to hear about her day"
],
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"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
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"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
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"self-centered",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"selfish",
"solipsistic"
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"inner-directed",
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"conceited",
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"proud",
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"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
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"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
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"altruistic",
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"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
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"self-sacrificing",
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"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish"
]
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"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
"examples":[
"so consumed with self-questioning that he was virtually paralyzed by self-doubt"
],
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"introspections",
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"self-observations",
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"self-scrutinies",
"self-searchings",
"soul-searchings"
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"self-analyses",
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"introversions",
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"self-actualizations",
"self-discoveries",
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"self-fulfillments",
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"self-concepts",
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"type":[
"noun"
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"self-recognition":{
"as in self-awareness , self-consciousness":{
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"self-analysis",
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"self-realization",
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"self-confession":{
"an open declaration of something (as a fault or the commission of an offense) about oneself":{
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"by his own self-confession , he cravenly betrayed his best friend"
],
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"acknowledgment",
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"admission",
"avowal",
"concession",
"confession"
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"self-accusation",
"self-betrayal",
"self-revelation",
"self-incrimination",
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"self-reproach",
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"responsibility",
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"denial",
"disallowance",
"disclaimer",
"recantation",
"rejection",
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"repudiation"
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"nonadmission"
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"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
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"a staggeringly self-interested careerist who is eminently indifferent to anything that does not affect his personal well-being"
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"self-oriented",
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"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"selfish",
"solipsistic"
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"inner-directed",
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"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
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"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
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"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
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"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
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"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
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"antonyms":[
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"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish"
]
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"self-awareness":{
"knowledge and awareness of your own personality or character":{
"examples":[
"Her self-awareness was unusual in such a young child."
],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"self-seekers":{
"one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong":{
"examples":[
"he's a self-seeker who is nice only to people who can do him favors"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottom-feeders",
"chancers",
"opportunists",
"temporizers"
],
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"egotists",
"connivers",
"machinators",
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"leeches"
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"near antonyms":[
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"type":[
"noun"
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"selector":{
"someone with the right or responsibility for making a selection":{
"examples":[
"the librarians who are the selectors of the annual award for best children's book"
],
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"chooser",
"namer",
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],
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"voter",
"nominator",
"decider"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in self-advertisers , self-dramatizers":{
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"near synonyms":[
"self-advertisers",
"self-dramatizers",
"blusterers",
"cocks",
"blowers",
"blowhards",
"boasters",
"braggadocios",
"braggarts",
"braggers",
"brags",
"cockalorums",
"crackers",
"gasconaders",
"gascons",
"swaggerers",
"vaunters"
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"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"an open declaration of something (as a fault or the commission of an offense) about oneself":{
"examples":[
"by his own self-confession , he cravenly betrayed his best friend"
],
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"acknowledgments",
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"avowals",
"concessions",
"confessions"
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"self-betrayals",
"self-revelations",
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"faults",
"responsibilities",
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"rues"
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"denials",
"disallowances",
"disclaimers",
"recantations",
"rejections",
"renouncements",
"repudiations"
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"nonadmissions"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"self-assertiveness":{
"as in confidence , self-assurance":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"cojones",
"guts",
"nerve",
"composure",
"coolness",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern",
"backbone",
"decisiveness",
"determination",
"fiber",
"firmness",
"fortitude",
"gameness",
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"gumption",
"mettle",
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"resolution",
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"courage",
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"doughtiness",
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"gutsiness",
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"valor",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"temerity"
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"near antonyms":[
"faintheartedness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"timorousness",
"bashfulness",
"constraint",
"embarrassment",
"inhibition",
"restraint",
"shyness",
"skittishness",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution"
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"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
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"self-reflections":{
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
"examples":[
"after some self-reflection I realized that I hadn't been honest with my partner"
],
"synonyms":[
"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-examinations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-scrutinies",
"self-searchings",
"soul-searchings"
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"near synonyms":[
"self-analyses",
"self-recognitions",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"self-actualizations",
"self-discoveries",
"self-explorations",
"self-fulfillments",
"self-realizations",
"self-knowledges",
"self-revelations",
"self-concepts",
"self-images",
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"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"self-flattering":{
"as in self-promoting , self-loving":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-loving",
"self-promoting",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"hubristic",
"narcissistic",
"orgulous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"brash",
"forward",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"condescending",
"disdainful",
"patronizing",
"authoritarian",
"bossy",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"magisterial",
"pontifical",
"pontificating",
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
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"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"self-critical",
"self-doubting",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"subdued",
"timid",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"meek",
"passive",
"submissive",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unobtrusive",
"yielding",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"retiring"
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"adjective"
]
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"as in oneness":{
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"oneness",
"identicalness",
"identity",
"sameness",
"homogeneity",
"homogeneousness",
"homology",
"equality",
"equivalence",
"accordance",
"agreement",
"conformity",
"congruity",
"correspondence",
"likeness",
"resemblance",
"similarity"
],
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"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"unlikeness",
"alteration",
"change",
"modification",
"variation",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"exoticness",
"individuality",
"separateness",
"separation",
"uniqueness",
"unusualness",
"deviance",
"divergence",
"variance",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"contrast"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"having too high an opinion of oneself":{
"examples":[
"a self-satisfied woman who thought that if she could balance two careers, everyone else should too"
],
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"assured",
"biggety",
"biggity",
"bigheaded",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"consequential",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-opinionated",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"swellheaded",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
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"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"disdainful",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"huffy",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"peremptory",
"pontifical",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity",
"domineering",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"holier-than-thou",
"pretentious",
"overconfident",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-adulatory",
"self-congratulatory",
"self-contented",
"self-gratulatory",
"self-applauding",
"self-dramatizing",
"self-glorifying",
"self-promoting",
"self-affected",
"self-centered",
"self-engrossed",
"selfish",
"condescending",
"patronizing"
],
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"diffident",
"self-critical",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"down-to-earth",
"unarrogant",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"demure",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"retiring",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy"
],
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"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"uncomplacent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"selfsame":{
"being one and not another":{
"examples":[
"that's the selfsame man who once helped me"
],
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"identical",
"same",
"very"
],
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"differentiable",
"discriminable",
"disparate",
"dissimilar",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"distinguishable",
"diverse",
"unalike",
"unlike",
"varied",
"various"
],
"antonyms":[
"another",
"different",
"other"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-distrust":{
"as in insecurity , self-doubt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diffidence",
"insecurity",
"self-doubt",
"apprehension",
"doubt",
"misgiving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-esteem",
"self-trust",
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-applause",
"self-assumption",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vanity",
"calmness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"equanimity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-incrimination":{
"as in self-recrimination , self-reproach":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"self-recrimination",
"self-reproach",
"self-accusation",
"self-betrayal",
"self-revelation",
"affirmation",
"assertion",
"avouchment",
"claim",
"confirmation",
"declaration",
"insistence",
"profession",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"admission",
"avowal",
"concession",
"confession",
"self-confession",
"allowance",
"apology",
"hand-wringing",
"betrayal",
"disclosure",
"divulgence",
"giveaway",
"revelation",
"announcement",
"declaration",
"proclamation",
"pronouncement",
"blame",
"fault",
"responsibility",
"contriteness",
"contrition",
"penitence",
"regret",
"remorse",
"remorsefulness",
"repentance",
"rue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavowal",
"nonadmission",
"denial",
"disallowance",
"disclaimer",
"recantation",
"rejection",
"renouncement",
"repudiation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-loader":{
"as in semiautomatic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"semiautomatic",
"derringer",
"forty-five",
".45",
"gat",
"handgun",
"pistol",
"revolver",
"rod",
"roscoe",
"sidearm",
"six-gun",
"six-shooter",
"zip gun",
"blunderbuss",
"breechloader",
"culverin",
"fieldpiece",
"firelock",
"flintlock",
"harquebus",
"arquebus",
"matchlock",
"musket",
"rifle",
"shotgun",
"smoothbore",
"twenty-two",
".22",
"arm",
"firearm",
"gun",
"heat",
"piece",
"small arm",
"AK-47",
"assault rifle",
"assault weapon",
"automatic",
"carbine",
"machine gun",
"machine pistol",
"repeater",
"submachine gun",
"tommy gun",
"speargun"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-contentment":{
"as in pride , pridefulness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-applause",
"self-assumption",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vanity",
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-esteem",
"self-trust",
"calmness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretentiousness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"insecurity",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"apprehension",
"doubt",
"misgiving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-mastery":{
"the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions":{
"examples":[
"she had remarkable self-mastery for one so young"
],
"synonyms":[
"continence",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-containment",
"self-control",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-possession",
"self-restraint",
"will",
"willpower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-abnegation",
"self-denial",
"moderateness",
"moderation",
"temperance",
"temperateness",
"determination",
"nerve",
"command",
"control",
"discipline",
"mastery",
"abnegation",
"abstention",
"avoidance",
"eschewal",
"forbearance",
"abstinence",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"composure",
"confidence",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"poise",
"self-confidence",
"discretion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"excessiveness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance",
"intemperateness",
"overindulgence",
"demerit",
"failing",
"fault",
"feebleness",
"foible",
"frailty",
"shortcoming",
"vice",
"weakness",
"indiscipline",
"unconstraint",
"unreserve",
"unreservedness",
"unrestraint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-betrayal":{
"as in self-revelation , self-accusation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-accusation",
"self-revelation",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"admission",
"avowal",
"concession",
"confession",
"self-confession",
"self-incrimination",
"self-recrimination",
"self-reproach",
"affirmation",
"assertion",
"avouchment",
"claim",
"confirmation",
"declaration",
"insistence",
"profession",
"allowance",
"apology",
"hand-wringing",
"betrayal",
"disclosure",
"divulgence",
"giveaway",
"revelation",
"announcement",
"declaration",
"proclamation",
"pronouncement",
"blame",
"fault",
"responsibility",
"contriteness",
"contrition",
"penitence",
"regret",
"remorse",
"remorsefulness",
"repentance",
"rue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavowal",
"nonadmission",
"denial",
"disallowance",
"disclaimer",
"recantation",
"rejection",
"renouncement",
"repudiation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-wills":{
"a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
"examples":[
"a schoolboy with a streak of self-will and rebellion"
],
"synonyms":[
"bullheadedness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"intransigence",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"opinionatedness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-opinionatedness",
"stubbornness",
"willfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anal-retentiveness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"waywardness",
"wrongheadedness",
"adamancy",
"adamance",
"determination",
"implacability",
"inexorability",
"inflexibility",
"inveteracy",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"relentlessness",
"resolve",
"single-mindedness",
"steadfastness",
"stick-to-itiveness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"firmness",
"hardness",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"sternness",
"strictness",
"narrow-mindedness",
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"bloody-mindedness",
"cantankerousness",
"contrariness",
"cussedness",
"balkiness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"immovability",
"immovableness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"recalcitrancy",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"flexibility",
"pliability",
"pliableness",
"pliancy",
"pliantness",
"compliance",
"docility",
"obedience",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"submission",
"surrender",
"willingness",
"yielding",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-destructing":{
"as in imploding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"imploding",
"going under",
"crashing",
"crumbling",
"miscarrying",
"misfiring",
"declining",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"floundering",
"struggling",
"bombing",
"collapsing",
"cratering",
"failing",
"flaming out",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"foundering",
"missing",
"striking out",
"tanking",
"washing out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clicking",
"coming off",
"delivering",
"going",
"going over",
"panning out",
"succeeding",
"working out",
"cooking",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"self-containment":{
"the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions":{
"examples":[
"a man of extraordinary self-containment , he refused to lose his temper even in the most trying of circumstances"
],
"synonyms":[
"continence",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-control",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"self-possession",
"self-restraint",
"will",
"willpower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-abnegation",
"self-denial",
"moderateness",
"moderation",
"temperance",
"temperateness",
"determination",
"nerve",
"command",
"control",
"discipline",
"mastery",
"abnegation",
"abstention",
"avoidance",
"eschewal",
"forbearance",
"abstinence",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"composure",
"confidence",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"poise",
"self-confidence",
"discretion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"excessiveness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance",
"intemperateness",
"overindulgence",
"demerit",
"failing",
"fault",
"feebleness",
"foible",
"frailty",
"shortcoming",
"vice",
"weakness",
"indiscipline",
"unconstraint",
"unreserve",
"unreservedness",
"unrestraint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-analysis":{
"as in self-awareness , self-consciousness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness",
"self-recognition",
"introspection",
"self-contemplation",
"self-examination",
"self-observation",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"self-searching",
"soul-searching",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"self-actualization",
"self-discovery",
"self-exploration",
"self-fulfillment",
"self-realization",
"self-knowledge",
"self-revelation",
"self-concept",
"self-image",
"self-perception",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-betrayals":{
"as in self-revelations , self-accusations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-accusations",
"self-revelations",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"admissions",
"avowals",
"concessions",
"confessions",
"self-confessions",
"self-incriminations",
"self-recriminations",
"self-reproaches",
"affirmations",
"assertions",
"avouchments",
"claims",
"confirmations",
"declarations",
"insistences",
"professions",
"allowances",
"apologies",
"hand-wringings",
"betrayals",
"disclosures",
"divulgences",
"giveaways",
"revelations",
"announcements",
"declarations",
"proclamations",
"pronouncements",
"blames",
"faults",
"responsibilities",
"contritions",
"penitences",
"regrets",
"remorses",
"repentances",
"rues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavowals",
"nonadmissions",
"denials",
"disallowances",
"disclaimers",
"recantations",
"rejections",
"renouncements",
"repudiations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-knowledges":{
"as in self-revelations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-revelations",
"self-actualizations",
"self-discoveries",
"self-explorations",
"self-fulfillments",
"self-realizations",
"self-concepts",
"self-images",
"self-perceptions",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations",
"self-analyses",
"self-recognitions",
"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-examinations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"self-searchings",
"soul-searchings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-confident":{
"having or showing great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
"examples":[
"only a self-confident person can win the trust of the people and serve as an effective leader"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"confident",
"secure",
"self-asserting",
"self-assured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"poised",
"recollected",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unperturbed",
"unshaken",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"upbeat",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-important",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"self-promoting",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unself-conscious",
"unshakable",
"disciplined",
"self-collected",
"self-composed",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"self-poised",
"self-reliant",
"self-sufficient"
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"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"humble",
"modest",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"bashful",
"demure",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"shy",
"self-critical",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving"
],
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"diffident",
"insecure",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"free from emotional or mental agitation":{
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"a supremely self-possessed teacher who could handle any crisis"
],
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"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"equal",
"level",
"limpid",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"possessed",
"recollected",
"sedate",
"self-composed",
"serene",
"smooth",
"together",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried"
],
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"even",
"even-keeled",
"steady",
"well-adjusted",
"well-balanced",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unshakable",
"centered",
"disciplined",
"equable",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"affable",
"breezy",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"laid-back",
"loosey-goosey",
"mellow",
"carefree",
"nonchalant",
"unconcerned",
"assured",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"indifferent",
"bovine",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"sober",
"stolid",
"relaxed",
"relieved",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
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"anxious",
"bothered",
"distressed",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"unsettled",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"restless",
"skittish",
"tense",
"high-strung",
"unstable",
"uptight"
],
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"agitated",
"discomposed",
"disturbed",
"flustered",
"perturbed",
"unglued",
"unhinged",
"unstrung",
"upset"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist":{
"examples":[
"the self-belt is covered with the same faux suede as the dress"
],
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"belt",
"ceinture",
"cincture",
"cummerbund",
"cumberbund",
"girdle",
"sash"
],
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"band",
"waistband",
"circle",
"loop",
"ribbon",
"ring",
"baldric",
"bandolier",
"bandoleer",
"Sam Browne belt",
"cestus",
"obi"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"not comfortable around people":{
"examples":[
"he's dating a sweet, self-effacing girl"
],
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"backward",
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"modest",
"recessive",
"retiring",
"sheepish",
"shy",
"withdrawn"
],
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"antisocial",
"lone",
"lone-wolf",
"unsociable",
"unsocial",
"awkward",
"embarrassed",
"self-conscious",
"unadventurous",
"unassertive",
"unenterprising",
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"uneasy",
"uptight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"gregarious",
"sociable",
"social",
"bold",
"dashing",
"forceful",
"brash",
"forward",
"overbold",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved"
],
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"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest",
"outgoing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"as in selfless":{
"examples":[],
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"selfless",
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"do-good",
"eleemosynary",
"good",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"bighearted",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"free",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"handsome",
"liberal",
"magnanimous",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"openhearted",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"social-minded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"selfish",
"self-indulgent",
"self-seeking",
"cheap",
"closefisted",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"stingy",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"hard-hearted",
"pitiless",
"unfeeling",
"self-obsessed"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-disciplined":{
"as in disciplined , self-controlled":{
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"controlled",
"curbed",
"disciplined",
"inhibited",
"restrained",
"self-controlled",
"self-denying",
"moderate",
"temperate",
"calculated",
"deliberate",
"measured",
"levelheaded",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"average",
"mediocre",
"medium",
"modest",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"so-so",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"regular",
"routine",
"typical",
"usual"
],
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"immoderate",
"intemperate",
"excessive",
"extreme",
"inordinate",
"radical",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"extremist",
"fanatic",
"fanatical",
"rabid",
"unbridled",
"unchecked",
"uncontrolled",
"unrestrained"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-questioning":{
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
"examples":[
"so consumed with self-questioning that he was virtually paralyzed by self-doubt"
],
"synonyms":[
"introspection",
"self-contemplation",
"self-examination",
"self-observation",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"self-searching",
"soul-searching"
],
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"self-analysis",
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness",
"self-recognition",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"self-actualization",
"self-discovery",
"self-exploration",
"self-fulfillment",
"self-realization",
"self-knowledge",
"self-revelation",
"self-concept",
"self-image",
"self-perception",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination"
],
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"examples":[],
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"self-reflective",
"self-flagellating",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"other-directed",
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"selfish",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"solipsistic",
"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"self-inflicted":{
"as in self-imposed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-imposed",
"volitional",
"advised",
"conscious",
"considered",
"knowing",
"planned",
"premeditated",
"premeditative",
"prepense",
"purposeful",
"deliberate",
"freewill",
"intentional",
"uncoerced",
"unforced",
"voluntary",
"willful",
"wilful",
"willing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coerced",
"forced",
"involuntary",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unwilling",
"will-less",
"accidental",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"automatic",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"spontaneous",
"unprompted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-searching":{
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
"examples":[
"the author seems to use poetry as a medium for her restless self-searching"
],
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"introspection",
"self-contemplation",
"self-examination",
"self-observation",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"soul-searching"
],
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"self-analysis",
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness",
"self-recognition",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"self-actualization",
"self-discovery",
"self-exploration",
"self-fulfillment",
"self-realization",
"self-knowledge",
"self-revelation",
"self-concept",
"self-image",
"self-perception",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-supports":{
"the ability to care for one's self":{
"examples":[
"hopes to achieve full self-support within a year of graduating from college"
],
"synonyms":[
"independence",
"self-dependence",
"self-reliance",
"self-subsistence",
"self-sufficiency"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"self-determination",
"potency",
"power",
"resilience",
"strength"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"inadequacy",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependence",
"dependance",
"reliance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-realization":{
"the act of achieving the full development of your abilities and talents":{
"examples":[
"Work is often a means of self-realization ."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"self-actualization",
"self-esteem",
"self-discovery",
"self-exploration",
"self-fulfillment",
"introspection",
"self-contemplation",
"self-examination",
"self-observation",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"self-searching",
"soul-searching",
"self-analysis",
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness",
"self-recognition",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"self-knowledge",
"self-revelation",
"self-concept",
"self-image",
"self-perception",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sell a bill of goods to":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extort",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"clip",
"gouge",
"nick",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"exploit",
"milk",
"deceive",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"trick",
"rope (in)",
"betray",
"bitch",
"double-cross",
"bamboozle",
"fast-talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"self-engrossed":{
"as in selfish , self-centered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"selfish",
"self-obsessed",
"self-seeking",
"domineering",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"boastful",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"audacious",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassbound",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"cheeky",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"overbold",
"pert",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"cavalier",
"disdainful",
"haughty",
"lordly",
"pretentious",
"snobbish",
"stuck-up",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"high-and-mighty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-hat",
"hoity-toity",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"uppity",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"bold",
"familiar",
"forward",
"free",
"immodest",
"overfamiliar",
"presuming",
"presumptuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"modest",
"unassuming",
"demure",
"down-to-earth",
"humble",
"lowly",
"meek",
"unassertive",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"retiring",
"shy",
"timid",
"timorous",
"diffident",
"self-doubting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"seller's markets":{
"as in buyer's markets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buyer's markets",
"bear markets",
"bull markets",
"calls",
"demands",
"markets",
"requests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-identities":{
"the set of qualities that make a person different from other people":{
"examples":[
"twins making an effort to establish their separate self-identities"
],
"synonyms":[
"characters",
"identities",
"individualisms",
"individualities",
"personalities",
"selfhoods"
],
"near synonyms":[
"idiosyncrasies",
"peculiarities",
"singularities",
"dispositions",
"humors",
"natures",
"temperaments",
"tempers",
"independences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformities",
"conventionalities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-accusations":{
"as in self-revelations , self-betrayals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-betrayals",
"self-revelations",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"admissions",
"avowals",
"concessions",
"confessions",
"self-confessions",
"self-incriminations",
"self-recriminations",
"self-reproaches",
"affirmations",
"assertions",
"avouchments",
"claims",
"confirmations",
"declarations",
"insistences",
"professions",
"allowances",
"apologies",
"hand-wringings",
"betrayals",
"disclosures",
"divulgences",
"giveaways",
"revelations",
"announcements",
"declarations",
"proclamations",
"pronouncements",
"blames",
"faults",
"responsibilities",
"contritions",
"penitences",
"regrets",
"remorses",
"repentances",
"rues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavowals",
"nonadmissions",
"denials",
"disallowances",
"disclaimers",
"recantations",
"rejections",
"renouncements",
"repudiations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"selectors":{
"someone with the right or responsibility for making a selection":{
"examples":[
"the librarians who are the selectors of the annual award for best children's book"
],
"synonyms":[
"choosers",
"namers",
"pickers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"electors",
"voters",
"nominators",
"deciders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-renunciations":{
"as in self-abnegations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-abnegations",
"relinquishments",
"resignations",
"surrenders",
"denials",
"refusals",
"abnegations",
"renouncements",
"renunciations",
"repudiations",
"self-denials"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indulgences",
"self-indulgences",
"acceptances",
"adoptions",
"embracements",
"embraces",
"espousals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-denials":{
"the act or practice of giving up or rejecting something once enjoyed or desired":{
"examples":[
"dieting is an endless exercise in self-denial"
],
"synonyms":[
"abnegations",
"renouncements",
"renunciations",
"repudiations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"denials",
"refusals",
"relinquishments",
"resignations",
"surrenders",
"self-abnegations",
"self-renunciations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptances",
"adoptions",
"embracements",
"embraces",
"espousals"
],
"antonyms":[
"indulgences",
"self-indulgences"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"selected":{
"singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking":{
"examples":[
"a selected brand of ice cream with an exceptionally high butterfat content"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picked",
"choice",
"chosen",
"elect",
"favored",
"favorite",
"first-line",
"handpicked",
"picked",
"preferred",
"select"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fashionable",
"exclusive",
"culled",
"picked over",
"screened",
"weeded (out)",
"winnowed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"average",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"run-of-the-mill"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"selected only two people out of 300 applicants for the summer internship"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-picked",
"chose",
"culled",
"elected",
"handpicked",
"named",
"opted (for)",
"picked",
"preferred",
"singled (out)",
"tagged",
"took"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselected",
"appointed",
"designated",
"fixed",
"marked",
"nominated",
"set",
"tabbed",
"tapped",
"accepted",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"espoused",
"settled (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"discarded",
"jettisoned",
"threw away",
"threw out"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"turned down"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"seller's market":{
"as in buyer's market":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buyer's market",
"bear market",
"bull market",
"call",
"demand",
"market",
"request"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-governing":{
"not being under the rule or control of another":{
"examples":[
"she left home and became entirely self-governing and financially independent at the age of 18"
],
"synonyms":[
"autonomous",
"free",
"freestanding",
"independent",
"self-governed",
"self-ruling",
"separate",
"sovereign",
"sovran"
],
"near synonyms":[
"freeborn",
"delivered",
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released",
"unconquered",
"unruled",
"unsupervised",
"empowered",
"enfranchised",
"democratic",
"republican"
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"bound",
"captive",
"conquered",
"enslaved",
"fettered",
"subdued",
"subjugated",
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"subservient"
],
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"dependent",
"nonautonomous",
"non-self-governing",
"subject",
"unfree"
]
},
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"a self-governing nation that could be a role model for other countries in the region"
],
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"democratic",
"popular",
"republican",
"self-ruling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"representative",
"libertarian",
"nontotalitarian"
],
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"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"monarchal",
"monarchial",
"monarchical",
"monarchic",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic"
],
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"nondemocratic",
"undemocratic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"self-identity":{
"the set of qualities that make a person different from other people":{
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"twins making an effort to establish their separate self-identities"
],
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"character",
"identity",
"individualism",
"individuality",
"personality",
"selfhood"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distinctiveness",
"idiosyncrasy",
"oneness",
"peculiarity",
"separateness",
"singleness",
"singularity",
"uniqueness",
"disposition",
"humor",
"nature",
"temper",
"temperament",
"independence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformity",
"conventionality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"selfless":{
"having or showing great concern for other people and little or no concern for yourself":{
"examples":[
"a selfless act",
"selfless dedication to helping the most in need"
],
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"altruistic",
"brotherly",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"liberal",
"magnanimous",
"munificent",
"noble",
"openhearted",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warmhearted",
"attentive",
"considerate",
"solicitous",
"thoughtful",
"affable",
"amicable",
"benign",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gentle",
"good",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"mild",
"neighborly",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"sweet",
"warm",
"clement",
"forbearing",
"forgiving",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"soft",
"patient",
"pitying",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"anticruelty",
"cruelty-free"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"stonyhearted",
"inconsiderate",
"insensitive",
"thoughtless",
"uncaring",
"unthinking",
"grim",
"hard-boiled",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"severe",
"stern",
"tough",
"unsentimental",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"virulent",
"antihumanitarian",
"uncharitable",
"atrocious",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brute",
"brutish",
"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"cruel",
"fiendish",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"truculent",
"uncompassionate",
"unfeeling",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"unsympathetic",
"vicious",
"wanton"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-loaders":{
"as in semiautomatics":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"semiautomatics",
"derringers",
"forty-fives",
".45s",
"gats",
"handguns",
"pistols",
"revolvers",
"rods",
"roscoes",
"sidearms",
"six-guns",
"six-shooters",
"zip guns",
"blunderbusses",
"breechloaders",
"culverins",
"fieldpieces",
"firelocks",
"flintlocks",
"harquebuses",
"arquebuses",
"matchlocks",
"muskets",
"rifles",
"shotguns",
"smoothbores",
"twenty-twos",
".22s",
"arms",
"firearms",
"guns",
"heat",
"pieces",
"small arms",
"AK-47s",
"assault rifles",
"assault weapons",
"automatics",
"carbines",
"machine guns",
"machine pistols",
"repeaters",
"submachine guns",
"tommy guns",
"spearguns"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-government":{
"government in which the supreme power is held by the people and used by them directly or indirectly through representation":{
"examples":[
"self-government implies faith in the wisdom and essential goodness of the people"
],
"synonyms":[
"democracy",
"republic",
"self-rule"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pure democracy",
"home rule",
"self-determination",
"autonomy",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despotism",
"dictatorship",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"totalitarianism",
"tyranny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions":{
"examples":[
"steely self-government was all that kept her from lashing out at the rude customer"
],
"synonyms":[
"continence",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-containment",
"self-control",
"self-discipline",
"self-mastery",
"self-possession",
"self-restraint",
"will",
"willpower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-abnegation",
"self-denial",
"moderateness",
"moderation",
"temperance",
"temperateness",
"determination",
"nerve",
"command",
"control",
"discipline",
"mastery",
"abnegation",
"abstention",
"avoidance",
"eschewal",
"forbearance",
"abstinence",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"composure",
"confidence",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"poise",
"self-confidence",
"discretion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"excessiveness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance",
"intemperateness",
"overindulgence",
"demerit",
"failing",
"fault",
"feebleness",
"foible",
"frailty",
"shortcoming",
"vice",
"weakness",
"indiscipline",
"unconstraint",
"unreserve",
"unreservedness",
"unrestraint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state of being free from the control or power of another":{
"examples":[
"championed self-government for the nation's indigenous peoples"
],
"synonyms":[
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"independence",
"independency",
"liberty",
"self-determination",
"self-governance",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captivity",
"enchainment",
"enslavement",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"subjugation"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependence",
"dependance",
"heteronomy",
"subjection",
"unfreedom"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-promoter":{
"as in self-advertiser , self-dramatizer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-advertiser",
"self-dramatizer",
"blusterer",
"cock",
"blower",
"blowhard",
"boaster",
"brag",
"braggadocio",
"braggart",
"bragger",
"cockalorum",
"cracker",
"gascon",
"gasconader",
"swaggerer",
"vaunter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-confidences":{
"great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
"examples":[
"for so young a pianist, he has remarkable composure and self-confidence on stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-esteem",
"self-trust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-applause",
"self-assumption",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vanity",
"calmness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretentiousness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprehension",
"doubt",
"misgiving"
],
"antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"insecurity",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-conceit":{
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
"examples":[
"the movie star became a victim of her own self-conceit , having deluded herself into believing that she was as great as her press agent said she was"
],
"synonyms":[
"amour propre",
"bighead",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egotism",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-assumption",
"self-congratulation",
"self-esteem",
"self-glory",
"self-importance",
"self-love",
"self-opinion",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"swellheadedness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-righteousness",
"arrogance",
"disdainfulness",
"haughtiness",
"imperiousness",
"lordliness",
"self-assertion",
"snobbishness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"egoism",
"self-centeredness",
"selfishness",
"self-pride",
"self-respect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"self-doubt",
"self-disgust",
"self-hate",
"self-loathing",
"altruism",
"unselfishness",
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"antonyms":[
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-dependent":{
"able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help":{
"examples":[
"a program to help teenagers become self-dependent"
],
"synonyms":[
"independent",
"self-reliant",
"self-subsistent",
"self-subsisting",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supported",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustained",
"self-sustaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autonomous",
"free",
"self-determining",
"potent",
"powerful",
"resilient",
"strong"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helpless",
"inadequate",
"incompetent",
"insufficient",
"impotent",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependent",
"reliant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"seldom":{
"not often":{
"examples":[
"we seldom go to the theater downtown because its prices are so high"
],
"synonyms":[
"infrequently",
"little",
"rarely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never",
"episodically",
"irregularly",
"now and then",
"occasionally",
"sometimes",
"sporadically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"customarily",
"generally",
"habitually",
"ordinarily",
"routinely",
"usually",
"always",
"constantly",
"continually",
"continuously",
"endlessly",
"eternally",
"ever",
"everlastingly",
"evermore",
"forever",
"invariably",
"perennially",
"perpetually",
"unceasingly",
"chronically",
"recurrently",
"repeatedly"
],
"antonyms":[
"frequently",
"oft",
"often",
"oftentimes",
"ofttimes"
]
},
"as in unusual , rare":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"extraordinary",
"infrequent",
"rare",
"uncommon",
"unfamiliar",
"unusual",
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"irregular",
"unnatural",
"intermittent",
"occasional",
"sporadic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"common or garden",
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"familiar",
"frequent",
"garden-variety",
"household",
"ordinary",
"quotidian",
"routine",
"ubiquitous",
"usual",
"normal",
"regular",
"standard",
"de rigueur",
"mandatory",
"obligatory"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"self-sufficient":{
"able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help":{
"examples":[
"the college student worked nights so that he would be self-sufficient"
],
"synonyms":[
"independent",
"self-dependent",
"self-reliant",
"self-subsistent",
"self-subsisting",
"self-supported",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustained",
"self-sustaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autonomous",
"free",
"self-determining",
"potent",
"powerful",
"resilient",
"strong"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helpless",
"inadequate",
"incompetent",
"insufficient",
"impotent",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependent",
"reliant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-restraint":{
"the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions":{
"examples":[
"she demonstrated an almost unnatural self-restraint during the fight"
],
"synonyms":[
"continence",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-containment",
"self-control",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"self-possession",
"will",
"willpower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-abnegation",
"self-denial",
"moderateness",
"moderation",
"temperance",
"temperateness",
"determination",
"nerve",
"command",
"control",
"discipline",
"mastery",
"abnegation",
"abstention",
"avoidance",
"eschewal",
"forbearance",
"abstinence",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"composure",
"confidence",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"poise",
"self-confidence",
"discretion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"excessiveness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance",
"intemperateness",
"overindulgence",
"demerit",
"failing",
"fault",
"feebleness",
"foible",
"frailty",
"shortcoming",
"vice",
"weakness",
"indiscipline",
"unconstraint",
"unreserve",
"unreservedness",
"unrestraint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others":{
"examples":[
"we must practice self-restraint even with people who are deliberately rude"
],
"synonyms":[
"constraint",
"continence",
"discipline",
"discretion",
"inhibition",
"refrainment",
"repression",
"reserve",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-control",
"suppression"
],
"near synonyms":[
"command",
"control",
"mastery",
"possession",
"self-censorship",
"self-containment",
"self-denial",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"will",
"willpower",
"composure",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"aloofness",
"detachedness",
"distance",
"bashfulness",
"modesty",
"shyness",
"reticence",
"silence",
"taciturnity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestrainedness",
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"overindulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"bluntness",
"candor",
"frankness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinhibition",
"incontinence",
"unconstraint"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-importantly":{
"as in arrogantly , haughtily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogantly",
"audaciously",
"boldly",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"contemptuously",
"haughtily",
"huffily",
"imperiously",
"loftily",
"pompously",
"presumptuously",
"pretentiously",
"pridefully",
"proudly",
"scornfully",
"superciliously",
"swaggeringly",
"uppishly",
"fearlessly",
"discourteously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impertinently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"saucily",
"bitchily",
"impolitely",
"impudently",
"rudely",
"uncivilly",
"ungraciously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abjectly",
"deferentially",
"hat in hand",
"humbly",
"lowly",
"meanly",
"meekly",
"modestly",
"sheepishly",
"submissively",
"obsequiously",
"servilely",
"subserviently",
"fearfully",
"mousily",
"timidly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"self-ruling":{
"of, relating to, or favoring political democracy":{
"examples":[
"having rid itself of the yoke of colonialism, the new nation chose to be a self-ruling state"
],
"synonyms":[
"democratic",
"popular",
"republican",
"self-governing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"representative",
"libertarian",
"nontotalitarian"
],
"near antonyms":[
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"monarchal",
"monarchial",
"monarchical",
"monarchic",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic"
],
"antonyms":[
"nondemocratic",
"undemocratic"
]
},
"not being under the rule or control of another":{
"examples":[
"was granted special status as a self-ruling province"
],
"synonyms":[
"autonomous",
"free",
"freestanding",
"independent",
"self-governed",
"self-governing",
"separate",
"sovereign",
"sovran"
],
"near synonyms":[
"freeborn",
"delivered",
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released",
"unconquered",
"unruled",
"unsupervised",
"empowered",
"enfranchised",
"democratic",
"republican"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bound",
"captive",
"conquered",
"enslaved",
"fettered",
"subdued",
"subjugated",
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"subservient"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependent",
"nonautonomous",
"non-self-governing",
"subject",
"unfree"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"selling (for)":{
"to have a price of":{
"examples":[
"the house is selling for $200,000"
],
"synonyms":[
"bringing",
"costing",
"fetching",
"going (for)",
"running"
],
"near synonyms":[
"listing (for)",
"amounting (to)",
"coming (to)",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"commanding",
"exacting",
"asking",
"demanding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"selectees":{
"a person forced or required to enroll in military service":{
"examples":[
"had the dubious distinction of being the last selectee to serve in the Vietnam War"
],
"synonyms":[
"conscripts",
"draftees",
"inductees"
],
"near synonyms":[
"levies",
"recruits",
"rookies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enlistees",
"volunteers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who has been chosen by some authority for a specific position or duty":{
"examples":[
"NASA's roster of selectees for its astronaut training program"
],
"synonyms":[
"appointees",
"designees",
"nominees"
],
"near synonyms":[
"candidates",
"assignees",
"licensees",
"licentiates",
"permittees",
"inductees",
"agents",
"delegatees",
"delegates",
"deputies",
"choices",
"draftees",
"endorsees",
"picks",
"selections"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-sacrifice":{
"as in generosity , altruism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness",
"detachment",
"disinterestedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"self-flagellation",
"self-annihilation",
"self-immolation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"selfishness",
"selfness",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-indulgence",
"self-love",
"self-partiality",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-concern":{
"excessive interest in oneself":{
"examples":[
"she saw in him the kind of self-concern that she thought was unattractive in a partner"
],
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"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"selfishness",
"selfness"
],
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"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-indulgence",
"self-love",
"self-partiality",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-sacrifice",
"detachment",
"disinterestedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"self-flagellation",
"self-annihilation",
"self-immolation"
],
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"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sell short":{
"to place too low a value on":{
"examples":[
"I think you're selling yourself short ; you're much better at this than you think you are."
],
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"underestimate",
"underrate",
"undervalue"
],
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"de-emphasize",
"minimize",
"play down",
"soft-pedal",
"belittle",
"decry",
"depreciate",
"disparage",
"despise",
"disdain",
"scorn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"admire",
"esteem",
"regard",
"respect",
"adore",
"idolize",
"revere",
"reverence",
"venerate",
"worship"
],
"antonyms":[
"overestimate",
"overrate",
"overvalue"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"self-worth":{
"a feeling that you are a good person who deserves to be treated with respect":{
"examples":[
"He had a healthy sense of self-worth despite the ridicule he received as a child."
],
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"aplomb",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-pride",
"self-trust",
"ego",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-esteem",
"self-regard",
"self-respect",
"dignity",
"face",
"honor",
"prestige"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"meekness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"discredit",
"disesteem",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"humiliation",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"obloquy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"shame",
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-sufficiencies":{
"the ability to care for one's self":{
"examples":[
"self-sufficiency is a goal that all teenagers should work towards"
],
"synonyms":[
"independence",
"self-dependence",
"self-reliance",
"self-subsistence",
"self-support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"self-determination",
"potency",
"power",
"resilience",
"strength"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"inadequacy",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependence",
"dependance",
"reliance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-despair":{
"as in self-pity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-pity",
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolation",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"dolor",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"mopes",
"oppression",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness",
"dolefulness",
"mournfulness",
"sorrowfulness",
"woefulness",
"despair",
"desperation",
"despond",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"forlornness",
"hopelessness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"cynicism",
"pessimism",
"acceptance",
"resignation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hope",
"hopefulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"sunniness",
"optimism",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"gladness",
"happiness",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-accusation":{
"as in self-revelation , self-betrayal":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"self-betrayal",
"self-revelation",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"admission",
"avowal",
"concession",
"confession",
"self-confession",
"self-incrimination",
"self-recrimination",
"self-reproach",
"affirmation",
"assertion",
"avouchment",
"claim",
"confirmation",
"declaration",
"insistence",
"profession",
"allowance",
"apology",
"hand-wringing",
"betrayal",
"disclosure",
"divulgence",
"giveaway",
"revelation",
"announcement",
"declaration",
"proclamation",
"pronouncement",
"blame",
"fault",
"responsibility",
"contriteness",
"contrition",
"penitence",
"regret",
"remorse",
"remorsefulness",
"repentance",
"rue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavowal",
"nonadmission",
"denial",
"disallowance",
"disclaimer",
"recantation",
"rejection",
"renouncement",
"repudiation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-confidently":{
"as in overconfidently , stoutheartedly":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"boldly",
"bravely",
"courageously",
"dauntlessly",
"doughtily",
"fearlessly",
"gallantly",
"gutsily",
"heroically",
"intrepidly",
"manfully",
"stalwartly",
"stoutheartedly",
"valiantly",
"valorously",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"foolhardily",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"impetuously",
"imprudently",
"impulsively",
"incautiously",
"overconfidently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"wildly",
"adventurously",
"audaciously",
"daringly",
"hardily",
"venturesomely",
"venturously",
"determinedly",
"firmly",
"gamely",
"grittily",
"pluckily",
"resolutely",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"stoutly",
"crazily",
"foolishly",
"insanely",
"hastily",
"precipitately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cowardly",
"cravenly",
"fearfully",
"pusillanimously",
"spinelessly",
"spiritlessly",
"timorously",
"diffidently",
"mousily",
"shyly",
"skittishly",
"timidly",
"anxiously",
"apprehensively",
"nervously",
"carefully",
"cautiously",
"heedfully",
"prudently"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"self-conscious":{
"concerned with the way one is perceived by others":{
"examples":[
"He used to feel self-conscious about his belly."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"abashed",
"discomfited",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"uneasy",
"uptight",
"backward",
"bashful",
"coy",
"demure",
"introverted",
"recessive",
"retiring",
"self-effacing",
"sheepish",
"shy",
"withdrawn",
"unadventurous",
"unenterprising",
"diffident",
"insecure",
"meek",
"modest",
"self-doubting",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gauche",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"rough-hewn",
"rustic",
"rustical",
"stiff",
"stilted",
"uncomfortable",
"ungraceful",
"wooden",
"agitated",
"bothered",
"chagrined",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"mortified",
"nervous",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"perturbed",
"rattled",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"confident",
"cool",
"placid",
"poised",
"secure",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"graceful",
"suave",
"urbane"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-partiality":{
"as in pride , ego":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-indulgence",
"self-love",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"selfishness",
"selfness",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness",
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-sacrifice",
"detachment",
"disinterestedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"self-flagellation",
"self-annihilation",
"self-immolation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in self-opinionatedness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-opinionatedness",
"chauvinism",
"cronyism",
"favoritism",
"nepotism",
"bent",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"bias",
"favor",
"nonobjectivity",
"one-sidedness",
"partiality",
"parti pris",
"partisanship",
"ply",
"prejudice",
"tendentiousness",
"preconception",
"prejudgment",
"prepossession"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"open-mindedness",
"unbiasedness",
"calm",
"detachment",
"dispassion",
"indifference",
"aversion",
"dislike",
"distaste",
"hate",
"scunner"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-acting":{
"designed to replace or decrease human labor and especially physical labor":{
"examples":[
"self-acting machines that were ushered in with the industrial revolution"
],
"synonyms":[
"automated",
"automatic",
"laborsaving",
"robotic",
"self-operating",
"self-regulating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mechanical",
"motorized",
"nonmanual",
"computerized",
"aiding",
"helping",
"easing",
"relieving",
"time-saving",
"semiautomatic"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonautomated",
"nonautomatic"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-abandonment":{
"as in uninhibitedness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"uninhibitedness",
"disinhibition",
"incontinence",
"unconstraint",
"unrestrainedness",
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"overindulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"bluntness",
"candor",
"frankness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constraint",
"continence",
"discipline",
"discretion",
"inhibition",
"refrainment",
"repression",
"reserve",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-control",
"self-restraint",
"suppression",
"command",
"control",
"mastery",
"possession",
"self-censorship",
"self-containment",
"self-denial",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"will",
"willpower"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in selflessness , unselfishness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness",
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-sacrifice",
"detachment",
"disinterestedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"self-flagellation",
"self-annihilation",
"self-immolation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"selfishness",
"selfness",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-indulgence",
"self-love",
"self-partiality",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-centered":{
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
"examples":[
"a group of self-centered residents with no interest or involvement in their community"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"selfish",
"solipsistic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-censorship":{
"as in self-discipline , self-denial":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-containment",
"self-denial",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"will",
"willpower",
"command",
"control",
"mastery",
"possession",
"composure",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"constraint",
"continence",
"discipline",
"discretion",
"inhibition",
"refrainment",
"repression",
"reserve",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-control",
"self-restraint",
"suppression",
"aloofness",
"detachedness",
"distance",
"bashfulness",
"modesty",
"shyness",
"reticence",
"silence",
"taciturnity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disinhibition",
"incontinence",
"unconstraint",
"self-abandonment",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestrainedness",
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"overindulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"bluntness",
"candor",
"frankness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-knowledge":{
"as in self-revelation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-revelation",
"self-actualization",
"self-discovery",
"self-exploration",
"self-fulfillment",
"self-realization",
"self-concept",
"self-image",
"self-perception",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination",
"self-analysis",
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness",
"self-recognition",
"introspection",
"self-contemplation",
"self-examination",
"self-observation",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"self-searching",
"soul-searching"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-adulatory":{
"as in self-congratulatory , self-contented":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-congratulatory",
"self-contented",
"self-gratulatory",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-applauding",
"self-dramatizing",
"self-glorifying",
"self-promoting",
"overconfident",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"self-affected",
"self-centered",
"self-engrossed",
"selfish",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"holier-than-thou",
"pretentious",
"condescending",
"patronizing",
"domineering",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"disdainful",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"huffy",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"peremptory",
"pontifical",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"uncomplacent",
"diffident",
"self-critical",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"down-to-earth",
"unarrogant",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"demure",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"retiring",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self":{
"the set of qualities that makes a person, a group of people, or a thing different from others":{
"examples":[
"some believe that it's only in times of great stress that a person's true self is revealed"
],
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"character",
"clay",
"colors",
"complexion",
"constitution",
"genius",
"nature",
"personality",
"tone"
],
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"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"individuality",
"singularity",
"uniqueness",
"attribute",
"characteristic",
"earmark",
"essentiality",
"feature",
"flavor",
"hallmark",
"mark",
"point",
"property",
"savor",
"savour",
"stamp",
"trait",
"disposition",
"grain",
"sort",
"temper",
"temperament",
"composition",
"makeup",
"essence",
"essentiality",
"interior",
"interiority",
"soul",
"spirit",
"metal",
"stuff",
"substance",
"habit",
"way"
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"antonyms":[]
},
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"examples":[
"a self -red rose of a shade that hasn't been seen before"
],
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"monochromatic",
"monochrome",
"monochromic",
"self-colored",
"solid"
],
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"achromatic",
"neutral"
],
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"dappled",
"dapple",
"marbled",
"shaded",
"mottled",
"parti-color",
"parti-colored",
"piebald",
"pied",
"pinto",
"skewbald",
"banded",
"barred",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"streaked",
"striated",
"checkered",
"dotted",
"patterned",
"plaid",
"striped",
"flecked",
"specked",
"speckled",
"spotted",
"bichrome",
"bicolored",
"bicolor",
"dichromatic",
"trichromatic",
"tricolor",
"tricolored",
"two-tone"
],
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"chromatic",
"colorful",
"kaleidoscopic",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"varied",
"variegated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"selfhood":{
"the set of qualities that make a person different from other people":{
"examples":[
"he spent a year in a monastery determining the core of his selfhood"
],
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"character",
"identity",
"individualism",
"individuality",
"personality",
"self-identity"
],
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"distinctiveness",
"idiosyncrasy",
"oneness",
"peculiarity",
"separateness",
"singleness",
"singularity",
"uniqueness",
"disposition",
"humor",
"nature",
"temper",
"temperament",
"independence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformity",
"conventionality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-reflection":{
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
"examples":[
"after some self-reflection I realized that I hadn't been honest with my partner"
],
"synonyms":[
"introspection",
"self-contemplation",
"self-examination",
"self-observation",
"self-questioning",
"self-scrutiny",
"self-searching",
"soul-searching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-analysis",
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness",
"self-recognition",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"self-actualization",
"self-discovery",
"self-exploration",
"self-fulfillment",
"self-realization",
"self-knowledge",
"self-revelation",
"self-concept",
"self-image",
"self-perception",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-content":{
"as in pride , pridefulness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-applause",
"self-assumption",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-consequence",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vanity",
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-esteem",
"self-trust",
"calmness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretentiousness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"insecurity",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"apprehension",
"doubt",
"misgiving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-promoting":{
"as in self-aggrandizing , self-dramatizing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"self-aggrandizing",
"self-dramatizing",
"self-glorifying",
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"hoity-toity",
"imperious",
"important",
"overweening",
"presumptuous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-obsessed",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"uppity",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"cavalier",
"disdainful",
"haughty",
"lordly",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"stuck-up",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"airy",
"grandiloquent",
"high-flown",
"high-sounding",
"high-toned",
"sententious",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"affected",
"grandiose",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-minded",
"la-di-da",
"la-de-da",
"lah-de-dah",
"lah-dee-dah",
"lah-di-dah",
"ostentatious",
"pompous",
"pretentious",
"snippy",
"boastful",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"audacious",
"bold",
"brassy",
"cheeky",
"cocky",
"forward",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"flaunting",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"showy",
"splashy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"modest",
"unpretentious",
"demure",
"down-to-earth",
"homely",
"humble",
"lowly",
"meek",
"retiring",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"bashful",
"diffident",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"passive",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"shy",
"timid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-slaughter":{
"the act of deliberately killing oneself":{
"examples":[
"members of the cult decided to hasten the end of their time in this world\u2014and the start of their life in the next\u2014with an orgy of self-slaughter"
],
"synonyms":[
"self-destruction",
"self-murder",
"suicide"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hara-kiri",
"hari-kari",
"martyrdom",
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicide",
"murder",
"rubout",
"slaying",
"chance-medley",
"dispatch",
"killing",
"manslaughter",
"assassination",
"execution",
"euthanasia",
"mercy killing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-indulgence":{
"as in self-importance , pride":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-love",
"self-partiality",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"selfishness",
"selfness",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness",
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-sacrifice",
"detachment",
"disinterestedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"self-flagellation",
"self-annihilation",
"self-immolation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in gluttony , intemperance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dissipation",
"gluttony",
"immoderation",
"intemperance",
"greed",
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity",
"ravenousness",
"venery",
"wantonness",
"carnality",
"debauchery",
"hedonism",
"sensuality",
"sybaritism",
"voluptuousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstinence",
"asceticism",
"sobriety",
"temperance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in indulgence , overindulgence":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"indulgence",
"overindulgence",
"improvidence",
"squandering",
"excess",
"immoderacy",
"overkill",
"bountifulness",
"generosity",
"liberality",
"conspicuous consumption",
"splurge",
"extravagance",
"extravagancy",
"lavishness",
"prodigality",
"profusion",
"wastefulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"economy",
"frugality",
"penny-pinching",
"austerity",
"moderation",
"restraint",
"temperance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-subsisting":{
"able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help":{
"examples":[
"proud that their nonprofit theater was self-subsisting and didn't rely on government funding"
],
"synonyms":[
"independent",
"self-dependent",
"self-reliant",
"self-subsistent",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supported",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustained",
"self-sustaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autonomous",
"free",
"self-determining",
"potent",
"powerful",
"resilient",
"strong"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helpless",
"inadequate",
"incompetent",
"insufficient",
"impotent",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependent",
"reliant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-admiration":{
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
"examples":[
"his overweening self-admiration blinded him to constructive criticism of any kind"
],
"synonyms":[
"amour propre",
"bighead",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egotism",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-congratulation",
"self-esteem",
"self-glory",
"self-importance",
"self-love",
"self-opinion",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"swellheadedness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-righteousness",
"arrogance",
"disdainfulness",
"haughtiness",
"imperiousness",
"lordliness",
"self-assertion",
"snobbishness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"egoism",
"self-centeredness",
"selfishness",
"self-pride",
"self-respect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"self-doubt",
"self-disgust",
"self-hate",
"self-loathing",
"altruism",
"unselfishness",
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"antonyms":[
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-righteousness":{
"as in pretense , pretension":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affectation",
"affectedness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"sanctimoniousness",
"self-satisfaction",
"deceit",
"deceitfulness",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"dishonesty",
"double-dealing",
"falsity",
"perfidy",
"two-facedness",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"falseness",
"fraudulentness",
"shamming",
"cant",
"dissembling",
"dissimulation",
"hypocrisy",
"insincerity",
"piousness",
"artificiality",
"glibness",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"unctuousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"genuineness",
"sincereness",
"sincerity",
"candor",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"honesty",
"openheartedness",
"openness",
"probity",
"straightforwardness",
"truthfulness",
"artlessness",
"guilelessness",
"naturalness",
"unaffectedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-abandoned":{
"as in unbridled , unrestrained":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"unbridled",
"unrestrained",
"unattached",
"uncommitted",
"uninhibited",
"affable",
"breezy",
"casual",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"laid-back",
"nonchalant",
"relaxed",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-reliant",
"footloose",
"freewheeling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tied",
"attached",
"committed",
"pledged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-respect":{
"a reasonable or justifiable sense of one's worth or importance":{
"examples":[
"getting a job and moving out of his parents' house did a lot to increase his self-respect"
],
"synonyms":[
"ego",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-esteem",
"self-regard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-pride",
"self-trust",
"self-worth",
"dignity",
"face",
"honor",
"prestige"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredit",
"disesteem",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"humiliation",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"obloquy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"shame",
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty",
"diffidence",
"meekness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-pleasing":{
"as in sensual , voluptuous":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Cyrenaic",
"hedonistic",
"sensual",
"sybaritic",
"voluptuary",
"voluptuous",
"gluttonous",
"greedy",
"rapacious",
"voracious",
"masturbatory",
"onanistic",
"self-indulgent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstentious",
"abstinent",
"continent",
"self-abnegating",
"self-denying",
"sober",
"temperate",
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"austere",
"disciplined",
"self-controlled",
"self-disciplined",
"self-governed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-assurance":{
"great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
"examples":[
"because of her self-assurance she could bring herself to quit her dead-end job and start her own company"
],
"synonyms":[
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-esteem",
"self-trust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-applause",
"self-assumption",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vanity",
"calmness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretentiousness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprehension",
"doubt",
"misgiving"
],
"antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"insecurity",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-murder":{
"the act of deliberately killing oneself":{
"examples":[
"how to deter terrorists who are willing to commit self-murder as well as the mass murder of innocent people"
],
"synonyms":[
"self-destruction",
"self-slaughter",
"suicide"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hara-kiri",
"hari-kari",
"martyrdom",
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicide",
"murder",
"rubout",
"slaying",
"chance-medley",
"dispatch",
"killing",
"manslaughter",
"assassination",
"execution",
"euthanasia",
"mercy killing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sellouts":{
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
"examples":[
"the sellout makes it much harder for me to trust you ever again"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstabbings",
"betrayals",
"businesses",
"disloyalties",
"double crosses",
"falsities",
"infidelities",
"perfidies",
"treacheries",
"treasons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandonments",
"desertions",
"deceits",
"deceptions",
"double-dealings",
"duplicities",
"guiles",
"frauds",
"talebearings",
"trickeries"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependabilities",
"reliabilities",
"defenses",
"protections",
"safeguards",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[
"allegiances",
"devotions",
"fealties",
"fidelities",
"loyalties"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-immolation":{
"as in self-annihilation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-annihilation",
"self-flagellation",
"detachment",
"disinterestedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-sacrifice",
"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"selfishness",
"selfness",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-indulgence",
"self-love",
"self-partiality",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-destructions":{
"the act of deliberately killing oneself":{
"examples":[
"the controversy over self-destruction accomplished with the assistance of a physician or other person"
],
"synonyms":[
"self-murders",
"self-slaughters",
"suicides"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hara-kiris",
"hari-karis",
"martyrdoms",
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicides",
"murders",
"rubouts",
"slayings",
"chance-medleys",
"dispatches",
"killings",
"manslaughters",
"assassinations",
"executions",
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"noun"
]
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"examples":[
"He spoke in a self-deprecating tone.",
"self-deprecating humor"
],
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"self-deprecatory",
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"lowly",
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"modest",
"unassuming",
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"acquiescent",
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"yielding",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"shrinking",
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"naive",
"na\u00efve",
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"simple",
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"assertive",
"audacious",
"bold",
"brash",
"brassy",
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"forward",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"cocksure",
"cocky",
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"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"narcissistic",
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"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-congratulatory",
"self-contented",
"self-engrossed",
"self-important",
"self-obsessed",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
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"swelled-headed",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggy",
"swaggering",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"condescending",
"disdainful",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"magisterial",
"overbearing",
"patronizing",
"pontificating",
"flamboyant",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
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"outgoing",
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"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"chesty",
"conceited",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"hoity-toity",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"lordly",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
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},
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"adjective"
]
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"as in insecure , self-doubting":{
"examples":[],
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"diffident",
"insecure",
"self-doubting",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"humble",
"modest",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"bashful",
"demure",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"shy",
"self-critical",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving"
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"assured",
"confident",
"secure",
"self-asserting",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"poised",
"recollected",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unperturbed",
"unshaken",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"upbeat"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"self-controlled":{
"as in disciplined , self-disciplined":{
"examples":[],
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"controlled",
"curbed",
"disciplined",
"inhibited",
"restrained",
"self-denying",
"self-disciplined",
"moderate",
"temperate",
"calculated",
"deliberate",
"measured",
"levelheaded",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"average",
"mediocre",
"medium",
"modest",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"so-so",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"regular",
"routine",
"typical",
"usual"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immoderate",
"intemperate",
"excessive",
"extreme",
"inordinate",
"radical",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"extremist",
"fanatic",
"fanatical",
"rabid",
"unbridled",
"unchecked",
"uncontrolled",
"unrestrained"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"self-scrutiny":{
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
"examples":[
"not one for self-scrutiny , the president was known for never looking back or second-guessing himself"
],
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"introspection",
"self-contemplation",
"self-examination",
"self-observation",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-searching",
"soul-searching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-analysis",
"self-awareness",
"self-consciousness",
"self-recognition",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"self-actualization",
"self-discovery",
"self-exploration",
"self-fulfillment",
"self-realization",
"self-knowledge",
"self-revelation",
"self-concept",
"self-image",
"self-perception",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-consciousness":{
"as in self-awareness , self-analysis":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"self-analysis",
"self-awareness",
"self-recognition",
"introspection",
"self-contemplation",
"self-examination",
"self-observation",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflection",
"self-scrutiny",
"self-searching",
"soul-searching",
"introversion",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-involvement",
"self-actualization",
"self-discovery",
"self-exploration",
"self-fulfillment",
"self-realization",
"self-knowledge",
"self-revelation",
"self-concept",
"self-image",
"self-perception",
"contemplation",
"meditation",
"reflection",
"rumination"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-imposed":{
"done, made, or given with one's own free will":{
"examples":[
"if the candidates all follow self-imposed campaign-spending limits, government oversight is unnecessary"
],
"synonyms":[
"freewill",
"uncoerced",
"unforced",
"volitional",
"voluntary",
"volunteer",
"willing"
],
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"discretionary",
"elective",
"optional",
"impulsive",
"instinctive",
"spontaneous",
"unpremeditated",
"conscious",
"deliberate",
"intentional",
"knowing",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compulsory",
"enforced",
"mandatory",
"necessary",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"ordered",
"required"
],
"antonyms":[
"coerced",
"compelled",
"forced",
"involuntary",
"nonvoluntary",
"unwilled",
"will-less"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"self-composedly":{
"as in composedly , unconcernedly":{
"examples":[],
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"calmly",
"collectedly",
"composedly",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"imperturbably",
"peacefully",
"placidly",
"self-possessedly",
"serenely",
"unconcernedly",
"meekly",
"mildly",
"passively",
"tamely",
"methodically",
"orderly",
"systematically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amok",
"amuck",
"berserk",
"berserkly",
"frantically",
"frenetically",
"frenziedly",
"harum-scarum",
"hectically",
"helter-skelter",
"madly",
"pell-mell",
"wild",
"wildly",
"agitatedly",
"confusedly",
"crazily",
"desperately",
"feverishly",
"haywire",
"skittishly",
"uncontrollably",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"recklessly",
"wantonly"
],
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},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"self-seeking":{
"having a strong desire for personal advancement":{
"examples":[
"a self-seeking schemer who claimed others' ideas and achievements as his own"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambitious",
"aspiring",
"go-getting",
"hard-driving",
"pushing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determined",
"diligent",
"driving",
"dynamic",
"enterprising",
"gung ho",
"hungry",
"hustling",
"industrious",
"motivated",
"scrappy",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"animated",
"lively",
"spirited",
"ardent",
"avid",
"eager",
"energetic",
"impassioned",
"keen",
"raring",
"vigorous",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"high-flying",
"opportunistic",
"overambitious",
"pretentious",
"pushy",
"self-assertive",
"competing",
"competitive",
"rival",
"rivalrous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"disinterested",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic",
"unexcited",
"uninterested",
"casual",
"easygoing",
"lackadaisical",
"lazyish",
"halfhearted",
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"lazy",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"shiftless",
"sluggish",
"spiritless",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambitionless",
"unambitious"
]
},
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
"examples":[
"a self-seeking woman who could be counted on to sidetrack all conversation into a discussion of her problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-serving",
"selfish",
"solipsistic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-involvements":{
"excessive interest in oneself":{
"examples":[
"in their self-involvement , they never noticed that one of their coworkers was on the verge of an emotional breakdown"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"selfishness",
"selfness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-indulgence",
"self-love",
"self-partiality",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-sacrifice",
"detachment",
"disinterestedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"self-flagellation",
"self-annihilation",
"self-immolation"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-deprecatory":{
"as in self-deprecating , self-effacing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aw-shucks",
"self-deprecating",
"self-effacing",
"demure",
"down-to-earth",
"humble",
"lowly",
"meek",
"modest",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"resigned",
"submissive",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"yielding",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"shrinking",
"ingenuous",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"plain",
"simple",
"unaffected",
"bashful",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"passive",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"retiring",
"sheepish",
"shy",
"subdued",
"timid",
"unobtrusive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"audacious",
"bold",
"brash",
"brassy",
"cheeky",
"forward",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"cocksure",
"cocky",
"confident",
"hubristic",
"overconfident",
"self-confident",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"narcissistic",
"prideful",
"self-affected",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-congratulatory",
"self-contented",
"self-engrossed",
"self-important",
"self-obsessed",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"swelled-headed",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggy",
"swaggering",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"condescending",
"disdainful",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"magisterial",
"overbearing",
"patronizing",
"pontificating",
"flamboyant",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest",
"outgoing",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"chesty",
"conceited",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"hoity-toity",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"lordly",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sell":{
"to offer for sale to the public":{
"examples":[
"used to sell groceries in a small neighborhood market"
],
"synonyms":[
"deal (in)",
"market",
"merchandise",
"merchandize",
"put up",
"retail",
"vend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"presell",
"wholesale",
"remarket",
"resell",
"hawk",
"peddle",
"barter",
"distribute",
"exchange",
"export",
"handle",
"trade",
"traffic (in)",
"advertise",
"ballyhoo",
"boost",
"plug",
"promote",
"tout",
"bargain",
"chaffer",
"dicker",
"haggle",
"horse-trade",
"palter",
"auction",
"provide",
"supply",
"carry",
"keep",
"stock"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"buy",
"purchase"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sellable":{
"fit to be offered for sale":{
"examples":[
"the abandoned house is not sellable in its current condition"
],
"synonyms":[
"marketable",
"merchantable",
"salable",
"saleable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commercial",
"profitable",
"costly",
"fancy",
"fine",
"high-grade",
"precious",
"premium",
"prime",
"valuable",
"dear",
"expensive",
"extravagant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaged",
"shopworn",
"cheap",
"useless",
"worthless",
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonsalable",
"unmarketable",
"unsalable",
"unsellable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-pride":{
"as in confidence , self-assuredness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-trust",
"self-worth",
"ego",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-esteem",
"self-regard",
"self-respect",
"dignity",
"face",
"honor",
"prestige"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredit",
"disesteem",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"humiliation",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"obloquy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"shame",
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty",
"diffidence",
"meekness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-sustained":{
"able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help":{
"examples":[
"each new colony was expected to develop a self-sustained economy"
],
"synonyms":[
"independent",
"self-dependent",
"self-reliant",
"self-subsistent",
"self-subsisting",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supported",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autonomous",
"free",
"self-determining",
"potent",
"powerful",
"resilient",
"strong"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helpless",
"inadequate",
"incompetent",
"insufficient",
"impotent",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependent",
"reliant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-poised":{
"as in disciplined , self-collected":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disciplined",
"self-collected",
"self-composed",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unself-conscious",
"unshakable",
"self-reliant",
"self-sufficient",
"self-promoting",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-important",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"upbeat",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"poised",
"recollected",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unperturbed",
"unshaken",
"assured",
"confident",
"secure",
"self-asserting",
"self-assured",
"self-confident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffident",
"insecure",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"humble",
"modest",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"bashful",
"demure",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"shy",
"self-critical",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-trust":{
"great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
"examples":[
"he had the self-trust to quit his secure job and start his own business"
],
"synonyms":[
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-esteem"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-applause",
"self-assumption",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vanity",
"calmness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretentiousness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprehension",
"doubt",
"misgiving"
],
"antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"insecurity",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-scrutinies":{
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
"examples":[
"not one for self-scrutiny , the president was known for never looking back or second-guessing himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-examinations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-searchings",
"soul-searchings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-analyses",
"self-recognitions",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"self-actualizations",
"self-discoveries",
"self-explorations",
"self-fulfillments",
"self-realizations",
"self-knowledges",
"self-revelations",
"self-concepts",
"self-images",
"self-perceptions",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-belts":{
"a strip of flexible material (as leather) worn around the waist":{
"examples":[
"the self-belt is covered with the same faux suede as the dress"
],
"synonyms":[
"belts",
"ceintures",
"cinctures",
"cummerbunds",
"cumberbunds",
"girdles",
"sashes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bands",
"waistbands",
"circles",
"loops",
"ribbons",
"rings",
"baldrics",
"bandoliers",
"bandoleers",
"Sam Browne belts",
"cesti",
"obis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-reflective":{
"as in introspective , retrospective":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"introspective",
"retrospective",
"broody",
"cogitative",
"contemplative",
"meditative",
"melancholy",
"musing",
"pensive",
"reflective",
"ruminant",
"ruminative",
"thoughtful",
"earnest",
"grave",
"sedate",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"severe",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"weighty",
"philosophical",
"philosophic",
"analytic",
"analytical",
"logical",
"rational",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"preoccupied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unreflective",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"flippant",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"scatterbrained",
"brainless",
"mindless",
"silly",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-deprecatingly":{
"as in shyly , bashfully":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bashfully",
"diffidently",
"shyly",
"timorously",
"fearfully",
"mousily",
"timidly",
"civilly",
"courteously",
"politely",
"respectfully",
"suppliantly",
"obsequiously",
"servilely",
"subserviently",
"abjectly",
"deferentially",
"hat in hand",
"humbly",
"lowly",
"meanly",
"meekly",
"modestly",
"sheepishly",
"submissively"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrogantly",
"audaciously",
"boldly",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"contemptuously",
"haughtily",
"huffily",
"imperiously",
"loftily",
"pompously",
"presumptuously",
"pretentiously",
"pridefully",
"proudly",
"scornfully",
"self-importantly",
"superciliously",
"swaggeringly",
"uppishly",
"fearlessly",
"discourteously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impertinently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"saucily",
"bitchily",
"impolitely",
"impudently",
"rudely",
"uncivilly",
"ungraciously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"self-doubt":{
"as in insecurity , diffidence":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diffidence",
"insecurity",
"self-distrust",
"apprehension",
"doubt",
"misgiving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-esteem",
"self-trust",
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-applause",
"self-assumption",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vanity",
"calmness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"equanimity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-disgust":{
"as in self-loathing , self-hate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-hate",
"self-loathing",
"diffidence",
"self-doubt",
"altruism",
"unselfishness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty",
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amour propre",
"bighead",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egotism",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-congratulation",
"self-esteem",
"self-glory",
"self-importance",
"self-love",
"self-opinion",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"swellheadedness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-righteousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"selling down the river":{
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"backstabbing",
"betraying",
"crossing",
"double-crossing",
"selling (out)",
"two-timing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"giving away",
"informing (on)",
"peaching",
"ratting (on)",
"shopping",
"snitching (on)",
"splitting (on)",
"telling (on)",
"turning in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"saving",
"shielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"standing by"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"self-love":{
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
"examples":[
"nurtured a self-love that was far greater than any affection she ever felt for another person"
],
"synonyms":[
"amour propre",
"bighead",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egotism",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-congratulation",
"self-esteem",
"self-glory",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"swellheadedness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-righteousness",
"arrogance",
"disdainfulness",
"haughtiness",
"imperiousness",
"lordliness",
"self-assertion",
"snobbishness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"egoism",
"self-centeredness",
"selfishness",
"self-pride",
"self-respect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"self-doubt",
"self-disgust",
"self-hate",
"self-loathing",
"altruism",
"unselfishness",
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"antonyms":[
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-slaughters":{
"the act of deliberately killing oneself":{
"examples":[
"members of the cult decided to hasten the end of their time in this world\u2014and the start of their life in the next\u2014with an orgy of self-slaughter"
],
"synonyms":[
"self-destructions",
"self-murders",
"suicides"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hara-kiris",
"hari-karis",
"martyrdoms",
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicides",
"murders",
"rubouts",
"slayings",
"chance-medleys",
"dispatches",
"killings",
"manslaughters",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"euthanasias",
"mercy killings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"selfhoods":{
"the set of qualities that make a person different from other people":{
"examples":[
"he spent a year in a monastery determining the core of his selfhood"
],
"synonyms":[
"characters",
"identities",
"individualisms",
"individualities",
"personalities",
"self-identities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"idiosyncrasies",
"peculiarities",
"singularities",
"dispositions",
"humors",
"natures",
"temperaments",
"tempers",
"independences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformities",
"conventionalities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-reliances":{
"the ability to care for one's self":{
"examples":[
"some people don't achieve self-reliance until they're over 30 years old"
],
"synonyms":[
"independence",
"self-dependence",
"self-subsistence",
"self-sufficiency",
"self-support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"self-determination",
"potency",
"power",
"resilience",
"strength"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"inadequacy",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependence",
"dependance",
"reliance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-protective":{
"intended to resist or prevent attack or aggression":{
"examples":[
"a self-protective gesture to ward off the blow"
],
"synonyms":[
"defensive",
"protective"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deterrent",
"preventive",
"safe",
"secure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggressive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"in-your-face",
"militant",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"warlike"
],
"antonyms":[
"offensive"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"selflessly":{
"as in unselfishly , ungrudgingly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ungrudgingly",
"unselfishly",
"affably",
"amiably",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"congenially",
"cordially",
"friendlily",
"genially",
"good-heartedly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"altruistically",
"beneficently",
"benevolently",
"bigheartedly",
"charitably",
"humanely",
"kindheartedly",
"magnanimously",
"philanthropically",
"considerately",
"courteously",
"hospitably",
"kindly",
"nicely",
"reasonably",
"sweetly",
"thoughtfully",
"amply",
"bounteously",
"bountifully",
"freehandedly",
"freeheartedly",
"generously",
"handsomely",
"lavishly",
"liberally",
"munificently",
"openhandedly",
"unstintingly",
"well"
],
"near antonyms":[
"parsimoniously",
"stingily",
"ungenerously",
"contemptuously",
"disdainfully",
"rudely",
"scornfully",
"obnoxiously",
"provocatively",
"coldly",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"frigidly",
"hostilely",
"angrily",
"belligerently",
"begrudgingly",
"grudgingly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"self-images":{
"the way you think about yourself and your abilities or appearance":{
"examples":[
"She has a positive self-image buoyed by her years of success."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-concepts",
"self-perceptions",
"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-examinations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"self-searchings",
"soul-searchings",
"self-analyses",
"self-recognitions",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"self-actualizations",
"self-discoveries",
"self-explorations",
"self-fulfillments",
"self-realizations",
"self-knowledges",
"self-revelations",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-opinionated":{
"given to or marked by the forceful expression of strongly held opinions":{
"examples":[
"a self-opinionated jerk who can't wait to tell you what he thinks about everything"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctrinaire",
"dogmatic",
"dogmatical",
"opinionated",
"opinionative",
"opinioned",
"pontifical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"implacable",
"inflexible",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"rigid",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"unyielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broadminded",
"open",
"open-minded",
"receptive"
],
"antonyms":[
"latitudinarian",
"undoctrinaire",
"undogmatic"
]
},
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
"examples":[
"he's too self-opinionated to even consider the possibility that he could be wrong"
],
"synonyms":[
"adamant",
"adamantine",
"bullheaded",
"dogged",
"hard",
"hard-nosed",
"hardened",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"immovable",
"implacable",
"inconvincible",
"inflexible",
"intransigent",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"obstinate",
"opinionated",
"ossified",
"pat",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stiff-necked",
"stubborn",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anal-retentive",
"obsessive",
"wayward",
"wrongheaded",
"determined",
"hell-bent",
"inexorable",
"persistent",
"relentless",
"resolved",
"set",
"single-minded",
"steadfast",
"stouthearted",
"tenacious",
"unflinching",
"firm",
"hard-line",
"hard-shell",
"hard-shelled",
"iron",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict",
"hidebound",
"narrow-minded",
"rigid",
"bloody-minded",
"cantankerous",
"contrary",
"cussed",
"contumacious",
"disobedient",
"froward",
"insubordinate",
"intractable",
"recalcitrant",
"refractory",
"uncooperative",
"ungovernable",
"unmanageable",
"unruly",
"defiant",
"insurgent",
"mutinous",
"indomitable",
"invincible",
"unconquerable",
"confirmed",
"inveterate",
"unregenerate",
"demanding",
"exacting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"docile",
"obedient",
"placable",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"accepting",
"persuadable",
"receptive",
"responsive",
"willing",
"governable",
"manageable",
"reasonable",
"temperate",
"slavish",
"subservient"
],
"antonyms":[
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"complying",
"flexible",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"relenting",
"yielding"
]
},
"having too high an opinion of oneself":{
"examples":[
"that self-opinionated book reviewer deludes himself in thinking that his reviews really matter"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"biggety",
"biggity",
"bigheaded",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"consequential",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"swellheaded",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"disdainful",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"huffy",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"peremptory",
"pontifical",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity",
"domineering",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"holier-than-thou",
"pretentious",
"overconfident",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-adulatory",
"self-congratulatory",
"self-contented",
"self-gratulatory",
"self-applauding",
"self-dramatizing",
"self-glorifying",
"self-promoting",
"self-affected",
"self-centered",
"self-engrossed",
"selfish",
"condescending",
"patronizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffident",
"self-critical",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"down-to-earth",
"unarrogant",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"demure",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"retiring",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy"
],
"antonyms":[
"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"uncomplacent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-preoccupied":{
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
"examples":[
"one self-preoccupied subject in the psychological study was found to use \"I\" in 80% of his sentences"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"selfish",
"solipsistic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-seeker":{
"one who does things only for his own benefit and with little regard for right and wrong":{
"examples":[
"he's a self-seeker who is nice only to people who can do him favors"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottom-feeder",
"chancer",
"opportunist",
"temporizer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoist",
"egotist",
"conniver",
"machinator",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"barracuda",
"shark",
"hanger-on",
"leech"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-recognitions":{
"as in self-analyses":{
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"self-analyses",
"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-examinations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"self-searchings",
"soul-searchings",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"self-actualizations",
"self-discoveries",
"self-explorations",
"self-fulfillments",
"self-realizations",
"self-knowledges",
"self-revelations",
"self-concepts",
"self-images",
"self-perceptions",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
"examples":[
"the air of self-congratulation that pervades the songwriter's memoirs"
],
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"amour propre",
"bighead",
"complacence",
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"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egotism",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-glory",
"self-importance",
"self-love",
"self-opinion",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"swellheadedness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity"
],
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"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-righteousness",
"arrogance",
"disdainfulness",
"haughtiness",
"imperiousness",
"lordliness",
"self-assertion",
"snobbishness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"egoism",
"self-centeredness",
"selfishness",
"self-pride",
"self-respect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"self-doubt",
"self-disgust",
"self-hate",
"self-loathing",
"altruism",
"unselfishness",
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
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"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a reasonable or justifiable sense of one's worth or importance":{
"examples":[
"friends and family have tried to help the shy child develop some self-esteem"
],
"synonyms":[
"ego",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-regard",
"self-respect"
],
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"aplomb",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-pride",
"self-trust",
"self-worth",
"dignity",
"face",
"honor",
"prestige"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredit",
"disesteem",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"humiliation",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"obloquy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"shame",
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty",
"diffidence",
"meekness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
"examples":[
"his towering self-esteem made praise from other people entirely unnecessary"
],
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"amour propre",
"bighead",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egotism",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-congratulation",
"self-glory",
"self-importance",
"self-love",
"self-opinion",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"swellheadedness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-righteousness",
"arrogance",
"disdainfulness",
"haughtiness",
"imperiousness",
"lordliness",
"self-assertion",
"snobbishness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"egoism",
"self-centeredness",
"selfishness",
"self-pride",
"self-respect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"self-doubt",
"self-disgust",
"self-hate",
"self-loathing",
"altruism",
"unselfishness",
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"antonyms":[
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty"
]
},
"great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
"examples":[
"the kind of self-esteem that a struggling actor needs to keep going in the face of constant discouragement and rejection"
],
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"aplomb",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-trust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-applause",
"self-assumption",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vanity",
"calmness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretentiousness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprehension",
"doubt",
"misgiving"
],
"antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"insecurity",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"selfness":{
"excessive interest in oneself":{
"examples":[
"there's a relentless selfness about her poetry that is wearisome to readers who do not find her endlessly fascinating"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"selfishness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-indulgence",
"self-love",
"self-partiality",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-sacrifice",
"detachment",
"disinterestedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"self-flagellation",
"self-annihilation",
"self-immolation"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-important":{
"having too high an opinion of oneself":{
"examples":[
"a self-important businessman who believed his schedule mattered more than anyone else's"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"biggety",
"biggity",
"bigheaded",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"consequential",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-conceited",
"self-opinionated",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"swellheaded",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"disdainful",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"huffy",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"peremptory",
"pontifical",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity",
"domineering",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"holier-than-thou",
"pretentious",
"overconfident",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-adulatory",
"self-congratulatory",
"self-contented",
"self-gratulatory",
"self-applauding",
"self-dramatizing",
"self-glorifying",
"self-promoting",
"self-affected",
"self-centered",
"self-engrossed",
"selfish",
"condescending",
"patronizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffident",
"self-critical",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"down-to-earth",
"unarrogant",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"demure",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"retiring",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy"
],
"antonyms":[
"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"uncomplacent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-advertisers":{
"as in self-promoters , self-dramatizers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-dramatizers",
"self-promoters",
"blusterers",
"cocks",
"blowers",
"blowhards",
"boasters",
"braggadocios",
"braggarts",
"braggers",
"brags",
"cockalorums",
"crackers",
"gasconaders",
"gascons",
"swaggerers",
"vaunters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-possessedly":{
"as in self-composedly , composedly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"calmly",
"collectedly",
"composedly",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"imperturbably",
"peacefully",
"placidly",
"self-composedly",
"serenely",
"unconcernedly",
"meekly",
"mildly",
"passively",
"tamely",
"methodically",
"orderly",
"systematically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amok",
"amuck",
"berserk",
"berserkly",
"frantically",
"frenetically",
"frenziedly",
"harum-scarum",
"hectically",
"helter-skelter",
"madly",
"pell-mell",
"wild",
"wildly",
"agitatedly",
"confusedly",
"crazily",
"desperately",
"feverishly",
"haywire",
"skittishly",
"uncontrollably",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"recklessly",
"wantonly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"self-conceited":{
"having too high an opinion of oneself":{
"examples":[
"a self-conceited medical researcher who never acknowledges her colleagues' contributions"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"biggety",
"biggity",
"bigheaded",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"consequential",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-important",
"self-opinionated",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"swellheaded",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"disdainful",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"huffy",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"peremptory",
"pontifical",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity",
"domineering",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"holier-than-thou",
"pretentious",
"overconfident",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-adulatory",
"self-congratulatory",
"self-contented",
"self-gratulatory",
"self-applauding",
"self-dramatizing",
"self-glorifying",
"self-promoting",
"self-affected",
"self-centered",
"self-engrossed",
"selfish",
"condescending",
"patronizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffident",
"self-critical",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"down-to-earth",
"unarrogant",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"demure",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"retiring",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy"
],
"antonyms":[
"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"uncomplacent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-aggrandizement":{
"as in egotism , self-importance":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogance",
"bumptiousness",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"egotism",
"hauteur",
"imperiousness",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pride",
"self-assertion",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-consequence",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"affectation",
"affectedness",
"grandiosity",
"inflation",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"disdain",
"haughtiness",
"lordliness",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"confidence",
"presumption",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"sureness",
"boastfulness",
"braggadocio",
"aggressiveness",
"assertiveness",
"audaciousness",
"boldness",
"brassiness",
"cheekiness",
"cockiness",
"forwardness",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"grandiloquence",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"mummery",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"show",
"showiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"bashfulness",
"diffidence",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"naturalness",
"sincerity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sell down the river":{
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
"examples":[
"He didn't expect to be sold down the river by someone he had known for so long."
],
"synonyms":[
"backstab",
"betray",
"cross",
"double-cross",
"sell (out)",
"two-time"
],
"near synonyms":[
"give away",
"inform (on)",
"peach",
"rat (on)",
"shop",
"snitch (on)",
"split (on)",
"tell (on)",
"turn in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"save",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[
"stand by"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"self-glory":{
"an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements":{
"examples":[
"the movie star's memoirs come across as being one unending exercise in self-glory"
],
"synonyms":[
"amour propre",
"bighead",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egotism",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-congratulation",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-love",
"self-opinion",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"swellheadedness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"self-righteousness",
"arrogance",
"disdainfulness",
"haughtiness",
"imperiousness",
"lordliness",
"self-assertion",
"snobbishness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"presumption",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"egoism",
"self-centeredness",
"selfishness",
"self-pride",
"self-respect"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"self-doubt",
"self-disgust",
"self-hate",
"self-loathing",
"altruism",
"unselfishness",
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"passiveness",
"passivity"
],
"antonyms":[
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-reproachful":{
"as in self-doubting , self-distrustful":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diffident",
"self-critical",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting",
"self-reproving",
"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"uncomplacent",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"down-to-earth",
"unarrogant",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"demure",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"retiring",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assured",
"biggety",
"biggity",
"bigheaded",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"consequential",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-opinionated",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"swellheaded",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"disdainful",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"huffy",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"peremptory",
"pontifical",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-dramatizers":{
"as in self-promoters , self-advertisers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-advertisers",
"self-promoters",
"blusterers",
"cocks",
"blowers",
"blowhards",
"boasters",
"braggadocios",
"braggarts",
"braggers",
"brags",
"cockalorums",
"crackers",
"gasconaders",
"gascons",
"swaggerers",
"vaunters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-flagellating":{
"as in self-denying , self-sacrificing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective",
"other-directed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"selfish",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"solipsistic",
"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
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"adjective"
]
},
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"the ability to care for one's self":{
"examples":[
"some people don't achieve self-reliance until they're over 30 years old"
],
"synonyms":[
"independence",
"self-dependence",
"self-subsistence",
"self-sufficiency",
"self-support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"self-determination",
"potency",
"power",
"resilience",
"strength"
],
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"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"inadequacy",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependence",
"dependance",
"reliance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-glorification":{
"as in pride , vaingloriousness":{
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"cockiness",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-applause",
"self-assumption",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vanity",
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-esteem",
"self-trust",
"calmness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretentiousness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"insecurity",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"apprehension",
"doubt",
"misgiving"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-absorptions":{
"excessive interest in oneself":{
"examples":[
"the novel's major characters all suffer from self-absorption , and they are every bit as insufferable as such people are in real life"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"selfishness",
"selfness"
],
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"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-indulgence",
"self-love",
"self-partiality",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-sacrifice",
"detachment",
"disinterestedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"self-flagellation",
"self-annihilation",
"self-immolation"
],
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"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sellout":{
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
"examples":[
"the band sold out its faithful followers, abandoning its edgy style for a more commercial sound"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstab",
"betray",
"cross",
"double-cross",
"two-time"
],
"near synonyms":[
"give away",
"inform (on)",
"peach",
"rat (on)",
"shop",
"snitch (on)",
"split (on)",
"tell (on)",
"turn in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"save",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[
"stand by"
]
},
"the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{
"examples":[
"the sellout makes it much harder for me to trust you ever again"
],
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"backstabbing",
"betrayal",
"business",
"disloyalty",
"double cross",
"faithlessness",
"falseness",
"falsity",
"infidelity",
"perfidy",
"treachery",
"treason",
"two-timing",
"unfaithfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandonment",
"desertion",
"deceit",
"deception",
"double-dealing",
"duplicity",
"guile",
"two-facedness",
"fraud",
"informing",
"lying",
"snitching",
"talebearing",
"trickery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependability",
"reliability",
"trustworthiness",
"defense",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[
"allegiance",
"devotion",
"faithfulness",
"fealty",
"fidelity",
"loyalty",
"staunchness",
"steadfastness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"self-abnegations":{
"voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
"examples":[
"even after acquiring great wealth, he continued to practice a kind of puritanical self-abnegation"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstinence",
"continence",
"self-denial",
"sobriety",
"temperance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"control",
"forbearance",
"restraint",
"discipline",
"self-command",
"self-control",
"self-discipline",
"self-mastery",
"asceticism",
"austerity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gluttony",
"greed",
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity",
"voraciousness",
"voracity",
"hedonism",
"sensuality",
"sybaritism"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-indulgence"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-centeredness":{
"excessive interest in oneself":{
"examples":[
"in her extreme self-centeredness she hadn't even noticed that her friend was depressed"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"selfishness",
"selfness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-indulgence",
"self-love",
"self-partiality",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-sacrifice",
"detachment",
"disinterestedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"self-flagellation",
"self-annihilation",
"self-immolation"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-explorations":{
"as in self-discoveries , self-actualizations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-actualizations",
"self-discoveries",
"self-fulfillments",
"self-realizations",
"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-examinations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"self-searchings",
"soul-searchings",
"self-analyses",
"self-recognitions",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"self-knowledges",
"self-revelations",
"self-concepts",
"self-images",
"self-perceptions",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-collected":{
"as in calm , cool":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"icy",
"nonchalant",
"placid",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"steely",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unshakable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"perturbable",
"shakable",
"shakeable",
"panicky",
"aflutter",
"anxious",
"dithery",
"edgy",
"het up",
"hung up",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"nervy",
"perturbed",
"shaky",
"tense",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"upset",
"uptight",
"worried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-oriented":{
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
"examples":[
"trying to sell the virtues of carpooling and public transportation to traditionally self-oriented commuters"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"selfish",
"solipsistic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-indulgences":{
"as in overindulgences":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overindulgences",
"dissipations",
"profligacies",
"profusions",
"excesses",
"immoderacies",
"overkills",
"losses",
"wastages",
"indulgences",
"luxuries",
"splurges",
"extravagances",
"prodigalities",
"wastes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"necessities",
"belt-tightenings",
"conservations",
"economies",
"frugalities",
"parsimonies",
"penny-pinchings",
"savings",
"thrifts",
"austerities",
"moderations",
"restraints",
"temperances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-dependence":{
"the ability to care for one's self":{
"examples":[
"encouraged her children to develop self-dependence at a relatively early age",
"a level of self-dependence rarely seen in teens"
],
"synonyms":[
"independence",
"self-reliance",
"self-subsistence",
"self-sufficiency",
"self-support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"self-determination",
"potency",
"power",
"resilience",
"strength"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"inadequacy",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependence",
"dependance",
"reliance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-absorption":{
"excessive interest in oneself":{
"examples":[
"the novel's major characters all suffer from self-absorption , and they are every bit as insufferable as such people are in real life"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"selfishness",
"selfness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-indulgence",
"self-love",
"self-partiality",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-sacrifice",
"detachment",
"disinterestedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"self-flagellation",
"self-annihilation",
"self-immolation"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sells (for)":{
"to have a price of":{
"examples":[
"the house is selling for $200,000"
],
"synonyms":[
"brings",
"costs",
"fetches",
"goes (for)",
"runs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lists (for)",
"amounts (to)",
"comes (to)",
"totals",
"commands",
"exacts",
"asks",
"demands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"self-reliant":{
"able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help":{
"examples":[
"a surprisingly calm and self-reliant child"
],
"synonyms":[
"independent",
"self-dependent",
"self-subsistent",
"self-subsisting",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supported",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustained",
"self-sustaining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autonomous",
"free",
"self-determining",
"potent",
"powerful",
"resilient",
"strong"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helpless",
"inadequate",
"incompetent",
"insufficient",
"impotent",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependent",
"reliant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-forgetting":{
"as in selfless , unselfish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-forgetful",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"near antonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"selfish",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"solipsistic",
"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"selectivity":{
"as in discrimination":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discrimination",
"alertness",
"cautiousness",
"circumspection",
"heedfulness",
"scrupulousness",
"accuracy",
"definitude",
"exactitude",
"exactness",
"fineness",
"preciseness",
"precision",
"attentiveness",
"care",
"carefulness",
"conscientiousness",
"finicalness",
"finickiness",
"fussiness",
"meticulosity",
"meticulousness",
"explicitness",
"particularity",
"specificity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"generality",
"imprecision",
"inaccuracy",
"inexactness",
"indistinctness",
"vagueness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"seller":{
"the person in a business deal who hands over an item in exchange for money":{
"examples":[
"the seller ceremoniously gave me the title to the car when I handed him my check"
],
"synonyms":[
"broker",
"dealer",
"merchandiser",
"vendor",
"vender"
],
"near synonyms":[
"merchant",
"trader",
"tradesman",
"auctioneer",
"concessionaire",
"black marketer",
"black marketeer",
"bootlegger",
"fence",
"fencer",
"hustler",
"scalper",
"smuggler",
"trafficker",
"discounter",
"distributor",
"e-tailer",
"exporter",
"jobber",
"reseller",
"retailer",
"wholesaler",
"chapman",
"hawker",
"huckster",
"peddler",
"pedlar",
"salesclerk",
"salesman",
"salesperson",
"saleswoman",
"shopgirl",
"bargainer",
"haggler",
"horse trader",
"palterer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consumer",
"end user",
"user"
],
"antonyms":[
"buyer",
"purchaser"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-possessions":{
"evenness of emotions or temper":{
"examples":[
"that neurosurgeon's self-possession in the operating room is legendary"
],
"synonyms":[
"aplomb",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composedness",
"composure",
"cool",
"coolness",
"countenance",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"imperturbability",
"placidity",
"repose",
"sangfroid",
"self-composedness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assurance",
"confidence",
"poise",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-trust",
"easygoingness",
"laid-backness",
"apathy",
"detachment",
"impassivity",
"indifference",
"insensibility",
"numbness",
"phlegm",
"unconcern"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"disquiet",
"solicitude",
"uneasiness",
"worry",
"excitability",
"excitableness",
"nervousness",
"disturbance"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitation",
"discomposure",
"perturbation"
]
},
"the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions":{
"examples":[
"the little girl's self-possession very occasionally gave way to crying fits"
],
"synonyms":[
"continence",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-containment",
"self-control",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"self-restraint",
"will",
"willpower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-abnegation",
"self-denial",
"moderateness",
"moderation",
"temperance",
"temperateness",
"determination",
"nerve",
"command",
"control",
"discipline",
"mastery",
"abnegation",
"abstention",
"avoidance",
"eschewal",
"forbearance",
"abstinence",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"composure",
"confidence",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"poise",
"self-confidence",
"discretion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"excessiveness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance",
"intemperateness",
"overindulgence",
"demerit",
"failing",
"fault",
"feebleness",
"foible",
"frailty",
"shortcoming",
"vice",
"weakness",
"indiscipline",
"unconstraint",
"unreserve",
"unreservedness",
"unrestraint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-instructed":{
"having skills or knowledge acquired through one's own efforts without formal training":{
"examples":[
"a self-instructed carpenter who does quality work"
],
"synonyms":[
"autodidactic",
"self-educated",
"self-taught"
],
"near synonyms":[
"na\u00eff",
"naif",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"primitive",
"natural",
"unschooled",
"untutored",
"amateur"
],
"near antonyms":[
"educated",
"lettered",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"voluntary restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
"examples":[
"even after acquiring great wealth, he continued to practice a kind of puritanical self-abnegation"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstinence",
"continence",
"self-denial",
"sobriety",
"temperance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"control",
"forbearance",
"restraint",
"discipline",
"self-command",
"self-control",
"self-discipline",
"self-mastery",
"asceticism",
"austerity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gluttony",
"greed",
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity",
"voraciousness",
"voracity",
"hedonism",
"sensuality",
"sybaritism"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-indulgence"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-dramatizing":{
"as in self-aggrandizing , self-promoting":{
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"self-aggrandizing",
"self-glorifying",
"self-promoting",
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"hoity-toity",
"imperious",
"important",
"overweening",
"presumptuous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-obsessed",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"uppity",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"cavalier",
"disdainful",
"haughty",
"lordly",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"stuck-up",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"airy",
"grandiloquent",
"high-flown",
"high-sounding",
"high-toned",
"sententious",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"affected",
"grandiose",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-minded",
"la-di-da",
"la-de-da",
"lah-de-dah",
"lah-dee-dah",
"lah-di-dah",
"ostentatious",
"pompous",
"pretentious",
"snippy",
"boastful",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"audacious",
"bold",
"brassy",
"cheeky",
"cocky",
"forward",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"flaunting",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"showy",
"splashy"
],
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"modest",
"unpretentious",
"demure",
"down-to-earth",
"homely",
"humble",
"lowly",
"meek",
"retiring",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"bashful",
"diffident",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"passive",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"shy",
"timid"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-destructed":{
"as in imploded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"imploded",
"went under",
"crashed",
"crumbled",
"miscarried",
"misfired",
"declined",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"waned",
"floundered",
"struggled",
"bombed",
"collapsed",
"cratered",
"failed",
"flamed out",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"foundered",
"missed",
"struck out",
"tanked",
"washed out"
],
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"came off",
"clicked",
"delivered",
"panned out",
"succeeded",
"went",
"went over",
"worked out",
"cooked",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
},
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"a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
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"bullheadedness",
"doggedness",
"hardheadedness",
"intransigence",
"mulishness",
"obduracy",
"obdurateness",
"obstinacy",
"obstinateness",
"opinionatedness",
"pertinaciousness",
"pertinacity",
"pigheadedness",
"self-will",
"stubbornness",
"willfulness"
],
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"anal-retentiveness",
"perverseness",
"perversity",
"waywardness",
"wrongheadedness",
"adamancy",
"adamance",
"determination",
"implacability",
"inexorability",
"inflexibility",
"inveteracy",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"persistency",
"relentlessness",
"resolve",
"single-mindedness",
"steadfastness",
"stick-to-itiveness",
"tenaciousness",
"tenacity",
"firmness",
"hardness",
"rigor",
"rigorousness",
"sternness",
"strictness",
"narrow-mindedness",
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"bloody-mindedness",
"cantankerousness",
"contrariness",
"cussedness",
"balkiness",
"contumacy",
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"frowardness",
"immovability",
"immovableness",
"insubordination",
"intractability",
"obstreperousness",
"rebelliousness",
"recalcitrance",
"recalcitrancy",
"refractoriness",
"unruliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broad-mindedness",
"open-mindedness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"flexibility",
"pliability",
"pliableness",
"pliancy",
"pliantness",
"compliance",
"docility",
"obedience",
"subordinateness",
"subordination",
"submission",
"surrender",
"willingness",
"yielding",
"slavishness",
"subservience",
"subserviency"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"self-asserting":{
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
"examples":[
"a bunch of self-asserting upstarts who thought that they could buy their way into high society"
],
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"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
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"authoritarian",
"bossy",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"magisterial",
"pontifical",
"pontificating",
"condescending",
"disdainful",
"patronizing",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"hubristic",
"narcissistic",
"orgulous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"self-flattering",
"self-loving",
"self-promoting",
"brash",
"forward",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashful",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"self-critical",
"self-doubting",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"subdued",
"timid",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"meek",
"passive",
"submissive",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unobtrusive",
"yielding",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"retiring"
],
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"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious"
]
},
"having or showing great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
"examples":[
"it takes a rather self-asserting person to start a business at such a young age"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"confident",
"secure",
"self-assured",
"self-confident"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"poised",
"recollected",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unperturbed",
"unshaken",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"upbeat",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-important",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"self-promoting",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unflappable",
"unself-conscious",
"unshakable",
"disciplined",
"self-collected",
"self-composed",
"self-contained",
"self-controlled",
"self-poised",
"self-reliant",
"self-sufficient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"humble",
"modest",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"bashful",
"demure",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"shy",
"self-critical",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving"
],
"antonyms":[
"diffident",
"insecure",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting"
]
},
"having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal":{
"examples":[
"just the kind of cocky, self-asserting person that you'd expect a sports agent to be"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggressive",
"ambitious",
"assertive",
"enterprising",
"fierce",
"go-getting",
"high-pressure",
"in-your-face",
"militant",
"pushy",
"self-assertive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argumentative",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"gladiatorial",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"trigger-happy",
"truculent",
"warlike",
"hyperaggressive",
"overambitious",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"gung ho",
"hustling",
"strenuous",
"vigorous",
"emphatic",
"obtrusive",
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"daring",
"dashing",
"emboldened",
"gutsy",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"audacious",
"bold",
"brash",
"brassy",
"bumptious",
"cheeky",
"cocksure",
"cocky",
"confident",
"determined",
"forward",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"overconfident",
"presumptuous",
"unapologetic",
"unsubdued",
"unyielding",
"bare-knuckle",
"bare-knuckled",
"bare-knuckles",
"feisty",
"scrappy",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"imperious",
"lordly",
"magisterial",
"overbearing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"relaxed",
"acquiescent",
"amenable",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"docile",
"resigned",
"submissive",
"tractable",
"yielding",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"groveling",
"grovelling",
"shrinking",
"bashful",
"demure",
"diffident",
"humble",
"lowly",
"meek",
"mild",
"modest",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"passive",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"retiring",
"shy",
"subdued",
"timid",
"unobtrusive",
"obsequious",
"servile",
"slavish",
"subservient"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambitionless",
"low-pressure",
"nonassertive",
"unaggressive",
"unambitious",
"unassertive",
"unenterprising"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-confidence":{
"great faith in oneself or one's abilities":{
"examples":[
"for so young a pianist, he has remarkable composure and self-confidence on stage"
],
"synonyms":[
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-esteem",
"self-trust"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"hubris",
"overconfidence",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-applause",
"self-assumption",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vanity",
"calmness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"peremptoriness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretentiousness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"toploftiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprehension",
"doubt",
"misgiving"
],
"antonyms":[
"diffidence",
"insecurity",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-annihilation":{
"as in self-immolation":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-immolation",
"self-flagellation",
"detachment",
"disinterestedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-sacrifice",
"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"selfishness",
"selfness",
"self-preoccupation",
"self-regard",
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-indulgence",
"self-love",
"self-partiality",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-evidence":{
"as in clarity , transparency":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clarity",
"obviousness",
"plainness",
"straightforwardness",
"transparency",
"intelligibility",
"understandability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impenetrability",
"inscrutability",
"inscrutableness",
"mysteriousness",
"numinousness",
"obscurity",
"uncanniness",
"deepness",
"profundity",
"darkness",
"murkiness",
"shadowiness",
"vagueness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-recrimination":{
"as in self-incrimination , self-reproach":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-incrimination",
"self-reproach",
"self-accusation",
"self-betrayal",
"self-revelation",
"affirmation",
"assertion",
"avouchment",
"claim",
"confirmation",
"declaration",
"insistence",
"profession",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"admission",
"avowal",
"concession",
"confession",
"self-confession",
"allowance",
"apology",
"hand-wringing",
"betrayal",
"disclosure",
"divulgence",
"giveaway",
"revelation",
"announcement",
"declaration",
"proclamation",
"pronouncement",
"blame",
"fault",
"responsibility",
"contriteness",
"contrition",
"penitence",
"regret",
"remorse",
"remorsefulness",
"repentance",
"rue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavowal",
"nonadmission",
"denial",
"disallowance",
"disclaimer",
"recantation",
"rejection",
"renouncement",
"repudiation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-support":{
"the ability to care for one's self":{
"examples":[
"hopes to achieve full self-support within a year of graduating from college"
],
"synonyms":[
"independence",
"self-dependence",
"self-reliance",
"self-subsistence",
"self-sufficiency"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"self-determination",
"potency",
"power",
"resilience",
"strength"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"inadequacy",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependence",
"dependance",
"reliance"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-indulgent":{
"given to or marked by excessive gratification of one's desires":{
"examples":[
"a reality show about self-indulgent twentysomethings whose sole concerns seem to be getting down and getting drunk"
],
"synonyms":[
"decadent",
"hedonistic",
"indulgent",
"luxurious",
"overindulgent",
"sybaritic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carnal",
"fleshly",
"sensual",
"sensuous",
"voluptuous",
"masturbatory",
"onanistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-obsessed",
"gluttonous",
"greedy",
"rapacious",
"voracious",
"extravagant",
"incontinent",
"intemperate",
"reckless",
"splurging",
"uncontrolled",
"wanton"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"continent",
"sober",
"temperate",
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"austere",
"spartan",
"disciplined",
"self-controlled",
"self-disciplined",
"self-governed"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-abnegating",
"self-denying"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-discoveries":{
"the act or process of gaining knowledge or understanding of your abilities, character, and feelings":{
"examples":[
"She was on a voyage of self-discovery ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"self-actualizations",
"self-explorations",
"self-fulfillments",
"self-realizations",
"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-examinations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"self-searchings",
"soul-searchings",
"self-analyses",
"self-recognitions",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"self-knowledges",
"self-revelations",
"self-concepts",
"self-images",
"self-perceptions",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"selections":{
"a person or thing that is chosen":{
"examples":[
"our selection was the third entrant in the dog show"
],
"synonyms":[
"bets",
"choices",
"chosen",
"picks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favorites",
"likes",
"likings",
"preferences",
"electives",
"options",
"appointments",
"designations",
"nominations",
"appointees",
"candidates",
"nominees",
"selectees",
"preselections"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the power, right, or opportunity to choose":{
"examples":[
"the inn's table d'h\u00f4te is excellent, but there's very limited selection"
],
"synonyms":[
"alternatives",
"choices",
"discretions",
"druthers",
"elections",
"liberties",
"options",
"picks",
"preferences",
"volitions",
"ways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determinations",
"free wills",
"wills",
"says",
"voices",
"votes",
"inclinations",
"likings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
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"noun"
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"uppity",
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"boastful",
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"egoless",
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"timid",
"unassertive",
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"unpretentious",
"bashful",
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"introverted",
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"mousey",
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"retiring",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy"
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"adjective"
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"a self-absorbed man who seems utterly oblivious to the social problems of his own urban neighborhood"
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"egoistic",
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"narcissistic",
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"self-loving",
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"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"selfish",
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"inner-directed",
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"conceited",
"overweening",
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"proud",
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"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
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"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
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"other-directed",
"diffident",
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"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
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"selfless",
"unselfish"
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"adjective"
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"She was on a voyage of self-discovery ."
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"self-actualization",
"self-esteem",
"self-exploration",
"self-fulfillment",
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"introspection",
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"noun"
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"free",
"independent",
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"self-subsistent",
"self-subsisting",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supported",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustained",
"self-sustaining",
"potent",
"powerful",
"resilient",
"strong"
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"dependent",
"reliant",
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"inadequate",
"incompetent",
"insufficient",
"impotent",
"weak"
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"adjective"
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"government in which the supreme power is held by the people and used by them directly or indirectly through representation":{
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"the newly created United States opted for self-rule rather than monarchy"
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"democracy",
"republic",
"self-government"
],
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"pure democracy",
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"self-determination",
"autonomy",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
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"despotism",
"dictatorship",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"totalitarianism",
"tyranny"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"as in self-recognitions":{
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"self-recognitions",
"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-examinations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
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"introversions",
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"self-concerns",
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"self-fulfillments",
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"self-revelations",
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"self-images",
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"meditations",
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"noun"
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"the checking of one's true feelings and impulses when dealing with others":{
"examples":[
"a witness practicing remarkable self-command under intense questioning by several members of Congress"
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"constraint",
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"discipline",
"discretion",
"inhibition",
"refrainment",
"repression",
"reserve",
"restraint",
"self-control",
"self-restraint",
"suppression"
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"command",
"control",
"mastery",
"possession",
"self-censorship",
"self-containment",
"self-denial",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"will",
"willpower",
"composure",
"self-poise",
"self-possession",
"aloofness",
"detachedness",
"distance",
"bashfulness",
"modesty",
"shyness",
"reticence",
"silence",
"taciturnity"
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"self-abandonment",
"uninhibitedness",
"unrestrainedness",
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"overindulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"bluntness",
"candor",
"frankness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance"
],
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"disinhibition",
"incontinence",
"unconstraint"
]
},
"the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions":{
"examples":[
"an aloof man of great self-command but little charm"
],
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"continence",
"restraint",
"self-containment",
"self-control",
"self-discipline",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"self-possession",
"self-restraint",
"will",
"willpower"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-abnegation",
"self-denial",
"moderateness",
"moderation",
"temperance",
"temperateness",
"determination",
"nerve",
"command",
"control",
"discipline",
"mastery",
"abnegation",
"abstention",
"avoidance",
"eschewal",
"forbearance",
"abstinence",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"composure",
"confidence",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"poise",
"self-confidence",
"discretion"
],
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"gratification",
"indulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"excessiveness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance",
"intemperateness",
"overindulgence",
"demerit",
"failing",
"fault",
"feebleness",
"foible",
"frailty",
"shortcoming",
"vice",
"weakness",
"indiscipline",
"unconstraint",
"unreserve",
"unreservedness",
"unrestraint"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"self-recriminations":{
"as in self-incriminations , self-reproaches":{
"examples":[],
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"self-incriminations",
"self-reproaches",
"self-accusations",
"self-betrayals",
"self-revelations",
"affirmations",
"assertions",
"avouchments",
"claims",
"confirmations",
"declarations",
"insistences",
"professions",
"acknowledgments",
"acknowledgements",
"admissions",
"avowals",
"concessions",
"confessions",
"self-confessions",
"allowances",
"apologies",
"hand-wringings",
"betrayals",
"disclosures",
"divulgences",
"giveaways",
"revelations",
"announcements",
"declarations",
"proclamations",
"pronouncements",
"blames",
"faults",
"responsibilities",
"contritions",
"penitences",
"regrets",
"remorses",
"repentances",
"rues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disavowals",
"nonadmissions",
"denials",
"disallowances",
"disclaimers",
"recantations",
"rejections",
"renouncements",
"repudiations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"self-aggrandizing":{
"as in self-promoting , self-dramatizing":{
"examples":[],
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"self-dramatizing",
"self-glorifying",
"self-promoting",
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"hoity-toity",
"imperious",
"important",
"overweening",
"presumptuous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-obsessed",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"uppity",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"cavalier",
"disdainful",
"haughty",
"lordly",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"stuck-up",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"airy",
"grandiloquent",
"high-flown",
"high-sounding",
"high-toned",
"sententious",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"affected",
"grandiose",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-minded",
"la-di-da",
"la-de-da",
"lah-de-dah",
"lah-dee-dah",
"lah-di-dah",
"ostentatious",
"pompous",
"pretentious",
"snippy",
"boastful",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"audacious",
"bold",
"brassy",
"cheeky",
"cocky",
"forward",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"rude",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"flaunting",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"showy",
"splashy"
],
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"modest",
"unpretentious",
"demure",
"down-to-earth",
"homely",
"humble",
"lowly",
"meek",
"retiring",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"bashful",
"diffident",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"passive",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"shy",
"timid"
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"self-regard":{
"excessive interest in oneself":{
"examples":[
"her self-regard meant that she assumed everyone wanted to hear about every tiny detail of her life"
],
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"egocentricity",
"egocentrism",
"egoism",
"egomania",
"egotism",
"narcissism",
"navel-gazing",
"self-absorption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-concern",
"self-interest",
"self-involvement",
"self-preoccupation",
"selfishness",
"selfness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complacence",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"conceitedness",
"ego",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-admiration",
"self-conceit",
"self-esteem",
"self-importance",
"self-indulgence",
"self-love",
"self-partiality",
"self-respect",
"self-satisfaction",
"self-sufficiency",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"self-assumption",
"self-consequence",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-glorification"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruism",
"generosity",
"magnanimity",
"self-sacrifice",
"detachment",
"disinterestedness",
"fairness",
"impartiality",
"neutrality",
"objectivity",
"self-flagellation",
"self-annihilation",
"self-immolation"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-abandonment",
"self-forgetfulness",
"selflessness",
"unselfishness"
]
},
"a reasonable or justifiable sense of one's worth or importance":{
"examples":[
"people with enough self-regard to keep their modest home in spotless condition"
],
"synonyms":[
"ego",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-esteem",
"self-respect"
],
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"aplomb",
"assurance",
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-assuredness",
"self-confidence",
"self-pride",
"self-trust",
"self-worth",
"dignity",
"face",
"honor",
"prestige"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discredit",
"disesteem",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"humiliation",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"obloquy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"shame",
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"modesty",
"diffidence",
"meekness",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness"
],
"antonyms":[]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-subsistence":{
"the ability to care for one's self":{
"examples":[
"the goal of the program is to help these people achieve self-subsistence and to end their dependence on government aid"
],
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"independence",
"self-dependence",
"self-reliance",
"self-sufficiency",
"self-support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"self-determination",
"potency",
"power",
"resilience",
"strength"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"inadequacy",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependence",
"dependance",
"reliance"
]
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"self-giving":{
"as in generous , charitable":{
"examples":[],
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"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-sacrificing",
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"near antonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"selfish",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"solipsistic",
"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions":{
"examples":[
"it takes self-discipline not to yell out when someone makes you angry"
],
"synonyms":[
"continence",
"restraint",
"self-command",
"self-containment",
"self-control",
"self-government",
"self-mastery",
"self-possession",
"self-restraint",
"will",
"willpower"
],
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"self-abnegation",
"self-denial",
"moderateness",
"moderation",
"temperance",
"temperateness",
"determination",
"nerve",
"command",
"control",
"discipline",
"mastery",
"abnegation",
"abstention",
"avoidance",
"eschewal",
"forbearance",
"abstinence",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"aplomb",
"assurance",
"composure",
"confidence",
"coolness",
"equanimity",
"poise",
"self-confidence",
"discretion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"self-indulgence",
"excessiveness",
"immoderacy",
"intemperance",
"intemperateness",
"overindulgence",
"demerit",
"failing",
"fault",
"feebleness",
"foible",
"frailty",
"shortcoming",
"vice",
"weakness",
"indiscipline",
"unconstraint",
"unreserve",
"unreservedness",
"unrestraint"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-assertion":{
"as in egotism , pride":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogance",
"bumptiousness",
"complacency",
"conceit",
"egotism",
"hauteur",
"imperiousness",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pride",
"self-aggrandizement",
"self-assumption",
"self-conceit",
"self-consequence",
"self-glorification",
"self-importance",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"vainness",
"vanity",
"affectation",
"affectedness",
"grandiosity",
"inflation",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"disdain",
"haughtiness",
"lordliness",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"superciliousness",
"superiority",
"confidence",
"presumption",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"sureness",
"boastfulness",
"braggadocio",
"aggressiveness",
"assertiveness",
"audaciousness",
"boldness",
"brassiness",
"cheekiness",
"cockiness",
"forwardness",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"rudeness",
"grandiloquence",
"flamboyance",
"flashiness",
"garishness",
"gaudiness",
"glitz",
"mummery",
"ostentation",
"ostentatiousness",
"show",
"showiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demureness",
"down-to-earthness",
"humbleness",
"humility",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"bashfulness",
"diffidence",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"naturalness",
"sincerity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"self-evident":{
"not needing proof in order to be accepted":{
"examples":[
"the self-evident truth that all people have the right of self-determination"
],
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"axiomatic",
"prima facie"
],
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"self-explanatory",
"apparent",
"clear",
"evident",
"hands-down",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"patent",
"plain",
"transparent",
"unmistakable",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"accepted",
"given",
"granted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arguable",
"contestable",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"dubious",
"moot",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-abnegating":{
"given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
"examples":[
"obviously not for the self-abnegating vacationer, this luxury resort is for those whose budgets and appetites know no limit"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstentious",
"abstinent",
"continent",
"self-denying",
"sober",
"temperate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"austere",
"disciplined",
"self-controlled",
"self-disciplined",
"self-governed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gluttonous",
"greedy",
"rapacious",
"voracious",
"Cyrenaic",
"hedonistic",
"self-pleasing",
"sensual",
"sybaritic",
"voluptuous",
"voluptuary",
"masturbatory",
"onanistic"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-indulgent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"self-murders":{
"the act of deliberately killing oneself":{
"examples":[
"how to deter terrorists who are willing to commit self-murder as well as the mass murder of innocent people"
],
"synonyms":[
"self-destructions",
"self-slaughters",
"suicides"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hara-kiris",
"hari-karis",
"martyrdoms",
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicides",
"murders",
"rubouts",
"slayings",
"chance-medleys",
"dispatches",
"killings",
"manslaughters",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"euthanasias",
"mercy killings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}