SELF-DIRECTED Synonyms: 107 Similar and Opposite Words

self-directed

adjective

Definition of self-directed

as in self-indulgent

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as in independent

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Recent Examples of self-directed But what if building a meaningful and self-directed life in the community really was possible, if people were given the right support? — Adrienne Lapidos, The Conversation, 18 Mar. 2026 Life feels self-directed rather than dictated by external pressure or comparison. — Larae Quy, Forbes.com, 25 Feb. 2026 Trade The Pool aims to help people become more financially capable and self-directed. — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026 The group is entirely self-directed, and participants are encouraged to bring their own tools and materials. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for self-directed

Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-directed

Adjective

Retailers globally have quickly adopted the trend, which allows consumers to feel smarter in their shopping - being both self-indulgent and financially responsible at exactly the same time.

— Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
And at what point does self-promotion become self-indulgent?

— Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 8 May 2026

Definition of self-indulgent

Adjective

Actor and producer Tyler Perry is helping pay for Wells' funeral, former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick is helping pay for his independent autopsy, and filmmaker Spike Lee showed up to the news conference to show support for Wells' family.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 July 2026
The New York City Department of Investigation is the city’s independent watchdog agency, which investigates fraud, corruption, misconduct, municipal malfeasance, city employees, contractors, and individuals who do business with the city.

— Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 11 July 2026

Definition of independent

Adjective

Meanwhile, Johnson reprises his role as Moana's bantering reluctant partner, the shapeshifting trickster demigod Maui, alongside Jemaine Clement again voicing the conceited giant crustacean Tamatoa.

— Brian Truitt, USA Today, 9 July 2026
Avoid Burying Praise in Negatives To avoid making children too conceited, parents might bury praise in the midst of negatives.

— Wayne Parker, Parents, 8 Mar. 2026

Definition of conceited

Adjective

With its home-preparedness checklist that aims to make citizens self-sufficient for at least a week, the brochure advises keeping at the ready a backpack filled with basics, including water, batteries, and a wireless radio.

— Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2026
Suleyman has stated his goal is to make Microsoft AI a self-sufficient, top-tier lab.

— Sebastian Herrera, Fortune, 27 June 2026

Definition of self-sufficient

Adjective

Claire’s elective death therefore remains a problematic choice for some viewers, an act of vainglorious selfishness from a woman who was never terribly nice to begin with.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 24 May 2026
Melodramatic and vainglorious, moody and capricious, a fidgety, neurotic hypochondriac, Stalin was a bundle of appalling contradictions.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Feb. 2026

Definition of vainglorious

Adjective

It’s dominated by a less than transparent booster, Eli James (Michael Hough), who comes with a self-important wife, Jemma (Mary Holland), and a pair of teenage twin girls who might be described as all dressed up with nowhere to go.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
Self-righteous and self-important, priggish and nagging.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 May 2026