self-sacrificing

1. 1.

   willing to deprive yourself

   Synonymsself-denyingself-giving

   Similarunselfish

Questions about self-sacrificing

What does self-sacrificing mean?

self-sacrificing means "willing to deprive yourself".

How many syllables are in self-sacrificing?

self-sacrificing has 5 syllables: self--sa-cri-fi-cing. The stress falls on "cri".

What is another word for self-sacrificing?

Close synonyms include self-denying, self-giving. 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-sacrificing a common word?

self-sacrificing 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.