Synonyms for self-control

15 synonyms
1 antonym
2 meanings

noun

Most common

self-discipline self-denial self-restraint self-mastery will-power self-command

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Self-discipline

self-discipline, self-mastery, self-restraint, self-denial, self-regulation, abstinence, temperance, self-abnegation, self-government dated

2. Self-command

will-power, self-command, self-possession, self-will, possession

Other

sufferance

Antonyms

undisciplinedness

All antonyms of self-control →

Definitions

n. 1
The ability to control one's desires and impulses.

Related words

Other spellings: self control selfcontrol

Forms

Plural: self-controls → self-denials, abstinences, temperances, self-abnegations…

Choose the right word

Self-Control or Self-Denial?

Self-control is holding oneself within due limits in pleasures and duties, as in all things else; self-denial, the giving up of pleasures for the sake of duty.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

By length

10 letters: possession³, abstinence³, temperance³, sufferance

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (possession³ = 3 syllables).

In other languages

Français: self-control
Deutsch: Selbstkontrolle