Synonyms of solipsistic

solipsistic

adjective

ˌsō-ləp-ˈsi-stik 

as in selfish

overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests

regards today's young people as solipsistic slackers who have no knowledge of or interest in the world at large

Synonyms & Similar Words

• selfish
• egotistical
• narcissistic
• egocentric
• egoistical
• self-absorbed
• egomaniacal
• self-involved
• self-centered
• self-obsessed
• self-regarding
• self-concerned
• egotistic
• self-interested
• self-preoccupied
• egoistic
• self-serving
• self-oriented
• self-loving
• self-seeking
• self-infatuated
• smug
• inner-directed
• proud
• vainglorious
• self-indulgent
• self-important
• vain
• conceited
• self-satisfied
• self-glorifying
• self-contented
• self-complacent
• complacent
• self-conceited
• pompous
• prideful
• self-directed
• self-pleased
• self-opinionated
• overweening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unselfish
• selfless
• altruistic
• philanthropic
• benevolent
• generous
• humanitarian
• charitable
• magnanimous
• philanthropical
• beneficent
• other-directed
• self-denying
• self-forgetful
• self-sacrificing
• diffident
• self-forgetting
• greathearted
• self-giving
• self-doubting
• self-reflective
• self-flagellating
• self-questioning

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of solipsistic

This was what attracted them, Mala said, because no Indian woman was allowed enough privacy to thus indulge in a solipsistic obsession with her own psychology—encouraged to chart the fluctuations of her temperament in response to deep crises that were inevitably banal. —Kiran Desai, New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2025

Sandler, a one-time registered and politically active Republican, is conveying to his audience a traditional conservative message: A life well lived is not a solipsistic one that exalts the self but an altruistic one that places the interests of others above all else. —Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025

In fact, that country’s name has become shorthand for a certain solipsistic dread in American popular culture. —Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2025

The dissolution of the Family is seen as a sad, painfully slow affair, as, like Brian Wilson before him, Stone drifted off into his own solipsistic world of experimentation. —Damon Wise, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025