self-complacent

1. 1.

   contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions

   “he had become complacent after years of success”

   “his self-satisfied dignity”

   Synonymscomplacentself-satisfied

   Similarcontented

Questions about self-complacent

What does self-complacent mean?

self-complacent means "contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions".

How many syllables are in self-complacent?

self-complacent has 4 syllables: self--com-pla-cent. The stress falls on "com".

What is another word for self-complacent?

Close synonyms include complacent, self-satisfied. 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-complacent a common word?

self-complacent is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.