What does self-willed mean?

self-willed means "habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition".

How many syllables are in self-willed?

self-willed has 2 syllables and divides as self--willed 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-willed?

Close synonyms include froward, headstrong, willful, wilful. 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-willed a common word?

self-willed 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.

Self-willed — meaning and 4 synonyms

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
Synonymsfroward headstrong willful wilful
Similardisobedient

Questions about self-willed

What does self-willed mean?: self-willed means "habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition".
How many syllables are in self-willed?: self-willed has 2 syllables and divides as self--willed 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.

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