self-involved

1. 1.

   absorbed in your own interests or thoughts etc

   Synonymsself-absorbed

   Similaregoistic

Questions about self-involved

What does self-involved mean?

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

How many syllables are in self-involved?

self-involved has 3 syllables: self-in-vol-ved. The stress falls on "self-in".

What is another word for self-involved?

Close synonyms include self-absorbed. 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-involved a common word?

self-involved 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.