self-contained

1. 1.

   constituting a complete and independent unit in and of itself

   “the university is like a self-contained city with shops and all amenities”

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2. 2.

   in full control of your faculties

   “the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination”

   “perfectly poised and sure of himself”

   “more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen”

   “strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble”

   Synonymscollectedequanimouspoisedself-collectedself-possessed

   Similarcomposed

Questions about self-contained

What does self-contained mean?

self-contained means "constituting a complete and independent unit in and of itself". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in self-contained?

self-contained has 3 syllables: self--con-tained. The stress falls on "self-". In IPA it is /ˈsɛlfkənˈteɪnd/.

What is another word for self-contained?

Close synonyms include collected, equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-possessed. 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-contained a common word?

self-contained 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.

What rhymes with self-contained?

6 words rhyme with self-contained. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.