self-restraining

1. 1.

   used of nonindulgent persons

   Synonymsself-disciplined

   Similarnonindulgent

Questions about self-restraining

What does self-restraining mean?

self-restraining means "used of nonindulgent persons".

How many syllables are in self-restraining?

self-restraining has 4 syllables and divides as sel-f-re-strai-ning under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for self-restraining?

Close synonyms include self-disciplined. 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.