self-control
UK/ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹəʊl//ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹoʊl/
self-control noun: the ability to control one's desires and impulses.
Noun
self-control (usually uncountable, plural self-controls)
- The ability to control one's desires and impulses.
- Near-synonym: willpower
- A review of addiction research, published in Trends in Cognitive Sciences, suggests mindful meditation strengthens self-control in smokers, even among those smokers who haven’t set an intention to quit.2015 July 31, Liza Lucas, “How to beat smoking, other bad habits with better self-control”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- self-command, self-discipline, self-mastery, self-regulation, willpower
- Antonyms:
- undisciplinedness
Verb
self-control (third-person singular simple present self-controls, present participle self-controlling, simple past and past participle self-controlled)
self-control meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
self-control in Hindi
- ability to control one's desires and impulses
- आत्मनियंत्रण ātmaniyantraṇ, आत्मसंयम ātmasãyam
self-control in Tamil
- தற்கட்டுப்பாடு
self-control in Marathi
- ability to control one's desires and impulses
- संयम saiyam, आत्मनियंत्रण ātmaniyantraṇ, दम dam
self-control in Urdu
- self-control
- دم dam
More languagesFewer languages
- self-control in Bengali
- আত্মসংযম attośoṅjom
- self-control in Malayalam
- ആത്മനിയന്ത്രണം, ആത്മസംയമം, ആത്മസംയമനം, മനോനിഗ്രഹം
- self-control in Kannada
- ಆತ್ಮಸಂಯಮ, ಮನಸ್ಸಿನ ಹತೋಟಿ, ಮನಸ್ಸನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿತದಲ್ಲಿಟ್ಟುಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು, ತನ್ನಂಕೆ
- self-control in Gujarati
- પરહેજ parhej
- self-control in Odia
- ଯମ jama
- self-control in Sanskrit
- दम dáma
- self-control in Thai
- การควบคุมตนเอง
- self-control in Vietnamese
- sự tự chủ
Synonyms of self-control
Antonyms
Forms of self-control
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | self-controls |
| alternative form | self control |
| alternative form | selfcontrol |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | self-controls |
| present participle | self-controlling |
| past participle | self-controlled |
| past | self-controlled |
Origin of self-control
From self- + control.
Questions about self-control
- What does self-control mean?
- Self-control means the ability to control one's desires and impulses.
- What is self-control in Hindi?
- Self-control in Hindi is आत्मनियंत्रण (ātmaniyantraṇ), आत्मसंयम (ātmasãyam). See Self-control meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is self-control?
- Self-control can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce self-control?
- Self-control is pronounced /ˌsɛlf kənˈtɹoʊl/ (US).
- What is the plural of self-control?
- The plural of self-control is self-controls.
Words near self-control in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: self-control (page history and authors); self-control (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); دم (Urdu) (page history and authors); আত্মসংযম (Bengali) (page history and authors); self-control (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); self-control (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); પરહેજ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ଯମ (Odia) (page history and authors); दम (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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