Synonyms for self-denying
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Self-sacrificing
self-sacrificing, unselfish, self-giving, selfless, self-abnegatory
2. Renunciative
Other
abstinent, abstemious, ascetic, temperate, self-flagellatory
Definitions
- adj. 1
Without concern for one's own advantage; selfless or self-sacrificing.
Example sentences
- abstemious The professor was famous for his abstemious meals.
By length
- 7 letters
- ascetic3
- 8 letters
- selfless2
- 9 letters
- temperate2, unselfish, abstinent3
- 10 letters
- abstemious, renunciant
- 12 letters
- renunciative
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ascetic3 = 3 syllables).