self-sufficient

  • 11self-sufficient — adjective providing all the things you need without help from outside: In those days the farm was largely self sufficient. self sufficiency noun (U) …

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  • 12self-sufficient — adjective Date: 1592 1. able to maintain oneself or itself without outside aid ; capable of providing for one s own needs < a self sufficient farm > 2. having an extreme confidence in one s own ability or worth ; haughty, overbearing …

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  • 13self-sufficient — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ become ADVERB ▪ completely, entirely, totally, wholly ▪ …

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  • 14self-sufficient — self′ suffi′cient adj. 1) able to supply one s or its own needs without external assistance 2) having extreme confidence in one s own resources or powers • Etymology: 1580–90 self′ suffi′ciency, n. self′ suffi′ciently, adv …

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  • 15self-sufficient — self suf ficient adjective able to provide for yourself everything that you need, without help from other people ╾ ,self suf ficiency noun uncount …

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  • 16self-sufficient — Synonyms and related words: acquisitive, ambitious for self, autarchic, autarkic, autistic, autonomous, bashful, careerist, close, closed, complacent, consequential, dissociable, egotistical, erect, free spirited, freewheeling, grasping, greedy,&#8230; …

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  • 17self-sufficient — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. independent, competent, self confident, efficient; see confident 2 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. see self reliant III (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Free from the influence, guidance, or control of others:&#8230; …

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  • 18self-sufficient — /sɛlf səˈfɪʃənt / (say self suh fishuhnt) adjective 1. able to supply one s own needs. 2. having undue confidence in one s own resources, powers, etc. Also, self sufficing /sɛlf səˈfaɪsɪŋ/ (say self suh fuysing). –self sufficiency, noun …

  • 19self-sufficient — adj. 1 a needing nothing; independent. b (of a person, nation, etc.) able to supply one s needs for a commodity, esp. food, from one s own resources. 2 content with one s own opinion; arrogant. Derivatives: self sufficiency n. self sufficiently&#8230; …

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  • 20self-sufficient — adjective 1》 able to satisfy one s basic needs without outside help, especially with regard to the production of food. 2》 emotionally and intellectually independent. Derivatives self sufficiency noun self sufficiently adverb …

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