All inner-directed synonyms

adj inner-directed

• reflective — that reflects; reflecting.
• thoughtful — showing consideration for others; considerate.
• affected — If you describe someone's behaviour as affected, you disapprove of the fact that they behave in an unnatural way that is intended to impress other people.
• aloof — Someone who is aloof is not very friendly and does not like to spend time with other people.
• autocratic — An autocratic person or organization has complete power and makes decisions without asking anyone else's advice.
• boastful — If someone is boastful, they talk too proudly about something that they have done or that they own.
• boasting — to speak with exaggeration and excessive pride, especially about oneself.
• conceited — If you say that someone is conceited, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they are far too proud of their abilities or achievements.
• haughty — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
• inflated — distended with air or gas; swollen.
• intimate — associated in close personal relations: an intimate friend.
• intrinsic — belonging to a thing by its very nature: the intrinsic value of a gold ring.
• introverted — a shy person.
• isolated — compact
• narcissistic — having an undue fascination with oneself; vain.
• opinionated — obstinate or conceited with regard to the merit of one's own opinions; conceitedly dogmatic.
• personal — of, relating to, or coming as from a particular person; individual; private: a personal opinion.
• pompous — characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance: a pompous minor official.
• proud — feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often followed by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
• self-absorbed — preoccupied with one's thoughts, interests, etc.
• self-centered — concerned solely or chiefly with one's own interests, welfare, etc.; engrossed in self; selfish; egotistical.
• self-important — having or showing an exaggerated opinion of one's own importance; pompously conceited or haughty.
• snobbish — of, relating to, or characteristic of a snob: snobbish ideas about rank.
• stuck-up — snobbishly conceited.
• subjective — existing in the mind; belonging to the thinking subject rather than to the object of thought (opposed to objective).
• superior — higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer.
• swollen — a past participle of swell.
• vain — excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
• vainglorious — filled with or given to vainglory: a vainglorious actor.
• individualistic — a person who shows great independence or individuality in thought or action.
• prideful — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
• obsessive — being, pertaining to, or resembling an obsession: an obsessive fear of illness.
• admiring — An admiring expression shows that you like or respect someone or something.
• idiosyncratic — pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual: The best minds are idiosyncratic and unpredictable as they follow the course of scientific discovery.
• inborn — naturally present at birth; innate.
• ingrained — ingrained; firmly fixed.
• inherent — existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute; inhering: an inherent distrust of strangers.
• self-seeking — the seeking of one's own interest or selfish ends.
• self-serving — preoccupied with one's own interests, often disregarding the truth or the interests, well-being, etc., of others.
• selfish — devoted to or caring only for oneself; concerned primarily with one's own interests, benefits, welfare, etc., regardless of others.
• self-involved — self-centered; preoccupied with oneself