Found 2 items, similar to Self-sufficient.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: self-sufficient
self-sufficient
adj : able to provide for your own needs without help from others;
“a self-sufficing economic unit” [syn:
self-sufficing,
self-sustaining]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Self-sufficient
Self-sufficient
\Self`-suf*fi"cient\, a.
1. Sufficient for one's self without external aid or
co["o]peration.
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Neglect of friends can never be proved rational till
we prove the person using it omnipotent and
self-sufficient, and such as can never need any
mortal assistance. --South.
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2. Having an overweening confidence in one's own abilities or
worth; hence, haughty; overbearing.
“A rash and
self-sufficient manner.” --I. Watts.
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