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selfcontained
adjective as in independent
Strongest matches
Strong match
adjective as in reserved
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adjective as in self-reliant
Strongest matches
adjective as in self-contained
adjective as in self-controlled
Weak matches
- aloof
- backward
- bashful
- cautious
- ceremonious
- close
- close-mouthed
- cold
- collected
- composed
- controlled
- conventional
- cool
- demure
- diffident
- distant
- eremitic
- formal
- frigid
- gentle
- icy
- inhibited
- mild
- misanthropic
- modest
- noncommittal
- offish
- peaceful
- placid
- prim
- quiet
- reclusive
- restrained
- reticent
- retiring
- secretive
- sedate
- self-contained
- self-restrained
- serene
- shy
- soft-spoken
- solitary
- standoffish
- taciturn
- unapproachable
- uncommunicative
- uncompanionable
- undemonstrative
- unresponsive
- withdrawn
adjective as in self-restrained
Weak matches
- aloof
- backward
- bashful
- cautious
- ceremonious
- close
- close-mouthed
- cold
- collected
- composed
- controlled
- conventional
- cool
- demure
- diffident
- distant
- eremitic
- formal
- frigid
- gentle
- icy
- inhibited
- mild
- misanthropic
- modest
- noncommittal
- offish
- peaceful
- placid
- prim
- quiet
- reclusive
- restrained
- reticent
- retiring
- secretive
- sedate
- self-contained
- self-controlled
- serene
- shy
- soft-spoken
- solitary
- standoffish
- taciturn
- unapproachable
- uncommunicative
- uncompanionable
- undemonstrative
- unresponsive
- withdrawn
adjective as in self-supporting
adjective as in closed
adjective as in impassive
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Weak matches
- apathetic
- callous
- cold
- cold-blooded
- collected
- composed
- dispassionate
- dry
- hardened
- heartless
- imperturbable
- indifferent
- indurated
- inexcitable
- inexpressive
- inscrutable
- insensible
- insusceptible
- nonchalant
- passionless
- phlegmatic
- poker-faced
- reserved
- sedate
- self-contained
- spiritless
- stoical
- unconcerned
- unexcitable
- unfeeling
- unimpressible
- unmoved
- wooden
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Example Sentences
This is an intensely respectable, selfcontained-looking lawyer, but a man of the world too.
They should be selfcontained, generating their own power and providing their food by ydroponic farming.
When he realized what he was doing he was as nearly embarrassed as a selfcontained young lawyer could well be.
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On this page you'll find 328 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to selfcontained, such as: autonomous, nonpartisan, self-reliant, self-sufficient, separate, and sovereign.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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