self-absorbed

1. 1.

   absorbed in your own interests or thoughts etc

   Synonymsself-involved

   Similaregoistic

Questions about self-absorbed

What does self-absorbed mean?

self-absorbed means "absorbed in your own interests or thoughts etc".

How many syllables are in self-absorbed?

self-absorbed has 3 syllables: self-ab-sor-bed. The stress falls on "self-ab".

What is another word for self-absorbed?

Close synonyms include self-involved. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is self-absorbed a common word?

self-absorbed is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.