Synonyms of self-love

self-love

noun

ˌself-ˈləv 

as in vanity

an often unjustified feeling of being pleased with oneself or with one's situation or achievements

nurtured a self-love that was far greater than any affection she ever felt for another person

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vanity
• ego
• pridefulness
• pride
• arrogance
• egotism
• self-satisfaction
• complacency
• confidence
• self-conceit
• smugness
• vainglory
• self-esteem
• conceitedness
• superiority
• vainness
• self-admiration
• self-importance
• conceit
• pomposity
• self-glory
• self-opinion
• complacence
• self-congratulation
• pompousness
• amour propre
• swelled head
• self-confidence
• vaingloriousness
• assurance
• bighead
• self-assurance
• selfishness
• self-assumption
• swellheadedness
• self-righteousness
• self-assertion
• egoism
• haughtiness
• self-respect
• hubris
• imperiousness
• snobbishness
• lordliness
• overconfidence
• superciliousness
• presumption
• disdainfulness
• self-pride
• self-centeredness
• pretension
• pretense
• pretentiousness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humility
• modesty
• humbleness
• diffidence
• altruism
• unselfishness
• self-doubt
• timidity
• shyness
• self-hate
• bashfulness
• self-loathing
• passivity
• demureness
• self-disgust
• passiveness
• timidness

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of self-love

Of course self-love won’t solve all of this. — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 11 June 2026

The multi-hyphenate opened up about self-work and self-love during a new interview promoting her upcoming Netflix romcom Office Romance. — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 5 June 2026

The titular Jim is an Insta-famous gym queen — the filmmakers made an account to follow several gay influencers during production for research — who preaches self-love but looks down on anyone who doesn’t fit his own standard of beauty. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 15 May 2026

To those in the know, the pregnancy statues themselves also telegraph self-love, even if the result is (quite literally) navel-gazey. — Elizabeth Kiefer, Architectural Digest, 8 May 2026