self-gratification

1. 1.

   indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures

   Synonymsdissolutenessincontinence

   Broaderindiscipline

   Narrowerrakishness
2. 2.

   the act of satisfying your own desires and giving yourself pleasure

   Synonymshead trip

   Broadergratification

Questions about self-gratification

What does self-gratification mean?

self-gratification means "indiscipline with regard to sensuous pleasures". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in self-gratification?

self-gratification has 7 syllables: self--gra-ti-fi-ca-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for self-gratification?

Close synonyms include dissoluteness, incontinence, head trip. 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-gratification a common word?

self-gratification 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.