self-will

Questions about self-will

What does self-will mean?

self-will means "resolute adherence to your own ideas or desires". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in self-will?

self-will has 2 syllables: self--will. The stress falls on "self-".

What is another word for self-will?

Close synonyms include stubbornness, bullheadedness, obstinacy, obstinance, pigheadedness. 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-will a common word?

self-will 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.