self-sufficient
able to supply one's own or its own needs without external assistance: The nation grows enough grain to be self-sufficient.
having extreme confidence in one's own resources, powers, etc.: He was self-sufficient, and always reminded you of it.
Origin of self-sufficient
1- Also self-suf·fic·ing [self-suh-fahy-sing]. /ˌsɛlf səˈfaɪ sɪŋ/.
Other words from self-sufficient
- self-suf·fi·cien·cy, noun
- self-suf·fi·cient·ly, adverb
- un·self-suf·fi·cien·cy, noun
- un·self-suf·fi·cient, adjective
- un·self-suf·fi·cient·ly, adverb
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How to use self-sufficient in a sentence
But in Richard she was shy of the bleak isolation, the self-sufficing, the hard, chill core.
The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay | Maurice HewlettThe manor was almost entirely self-sufficing; of necessity, for towns were few and distant, and the roads to them bad.
A Short History of English Agriculture | W. H. R. CurtlerNothing is left but a self-revolving, self-sufficing thought engaged in contemplating its own sufficiency.
Human Nature and Conduct | John DeweyThe cell while in the organism and the cell separated from the organism and self-sufficing, are quite different.
The Biological Problem of To-day | Oscar HertwigPainting, in fact, never became an independent and self-sufficing art in Egypt.
A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2) | Georges Perrot
British Dictionary definitions for self-sufficient
able to provide for or support oneself without the help of others
Derived forms of self-sufficient
- self-sufficiency, noun
- self-sufficiently, adverb
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