'Self-contained' definitions:
Definition of 'self-contained'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Constituting a complete and independent unit in and of itself; "the university is like a self-contained city with shops and all amenities"
adjective
In full control of your faculties; "the witness remained collected throughout the cross-examination"; "perfectly poised and sure of himself"; "more self-contained and more dependable than many of the early frontiersmen"; "strong and self-possessed in the face of trouble" [syn: collected, equanimous, poised, self-collected, self-contained, self-possessed]
Definition of 'Self-contained'
From: GCIDE
- Self-contained \Self`-con*tained"\, a.
- 1. Having self-control; reserved; uncommunicative; wholly engrossed in one's self. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mach.) Having all the essential working parts connected by a bedplate or framework, or contained in a case, etc., so that mutual relations of the parts do not depend upon fastening outside of the machine itself. [1913 Webster]
- Self-contained steam engine. (a) A steam engine having both bearings for the crank shaft attached to the frame of the engine. (b) A steam engine and boiler combined and fastened together; a portable steam engine. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'self-contained'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acquisitive,
- aloof,
- ambitious for self,
- autarchic,
- autarkic,
- autistic,
- autonomous,
- bashful,
- calm,
- careerist,
- close,
- collected,
- complete,
- composed,
- controlled,
- cool,
- detached,
- dissociable,
- distant,
- egotistical,
- entire,
- even-tempered,
- formal,
- free-spirited,
- freewheeling,
- grasping,
- grave,
- greedy,
- imperturbable,
- in control,
- incompatible,
- independent,
- individualistic,
- inner-directed,
- insociable,
- mopey,
- mopish,
- morose,
- narcissistic,
- neutral,
- nonaligned,
- nongregarious,
- nonpartisan,
- peaceful,
- personalistic,
- placid,
- possessive,
- privatistic,
- remote,
- reserved,
- reticent,
- self-absorbed,
- self-admiring,
- self-advancing,
- self-besot,
- self-centered,
- self-considerative,
- self-controlled,
- self-dependent,
- self-determined,
- self-devoted,
- self-directing,
- self-esteeming,
- self-governed,
- self-governing,
- self-indulgent,
- self-interested,
- self-jealous,
- self-occupied,
- self-pleasing,
- self-possessed,
- self-reliant,
- self-seeking,
- self-serving,
- self-subsistent,
- self-sufficient,
- self-supporting,
- selfish,
- serene,
- serious,
- snug,
- sober,
- socially incompatible,
- solemn,
- sovereign,
- standoffish,
- sullen,
- third-force,
- third-world,
- tranquil,
- unclubbable,
- uncommunicative,
- uncompanionable,
- uncongenial,
- undisturbed,
- unemotional,
- unflappable,
- unfriendly,
- ungenial,
- unitary,
- unperturbed,
- unruffled,
- unsociable,
- unsocial,
- whole,
- withdrawn