Synonyms of self-absorbed

self-absorbed

adjective

ˌself-əb-ˈsȯrbd 

as in selfish

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

a self-absorbed man who seems utterly oblivious to the social problems of his own urban neighborhood

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of self-absorbed

Ambitious and egregiously self-absorbed — Mona and Milton have those traits in common — Mona always tolerated his aggressive handsiness, his middle-of-the-night phone calls, his chronic inappropriateness. —Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025

At this moment the endless analysis and scolding being put forward about what college students were too self-absorbed to grasp about the 2024 election is not helpful. —Nicolaus Mills, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025

Teens and young adults have been self-absorbed with appearance since at least the Boomer generation began coming of age in the rock-and-roll ’50s. —Greg Petro, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2024

Journalists can be a hyper-competitive bunch who grow self-absorbed under the stress of tight deadlines and long hours. —Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 17 Dec. 2024

Fiona Shaw is so perfectly contemptible throughout those scenes on the sailboat, rendering Angelica so completely self-absorbed and so cruel, that her likely death feels like an immediate relief. —Caroline Framke, Vulture, 4 Dec. 2024

Zoey Johnson Zoey, the fashion-forward and occasionally self-absorbed eldest Johnson child. —Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Sep. 2024

But the message is dark, self-absorbed and lacks empathy. —Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024

Harris notes the assumptions of all childfree people being self-absorbed, hating children, and not contributing to society ignore the truth. —Essence, 1 Aug. 2024