self-sufficient (Meaning)

Wordnet

self-sufficient (s)

able to provide for your own needs without help from others

Webster

self-sufficient (a.)

Sufficient for one's self without external aid or cooperation.

Having an overweening confidence in one's own abilities or worth; hence, haughty; overbearing.

FAQs About the word self-sufficient

able to provide for your own needs without help from othersSufficient for one's self without external aid or cooperation., Having an overweening confidence in o

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dependent,dependent, insufficient, helpless, incompetent, weak, incompetent, weak,inadequate, reliant

The community strived for self-sufficiency by producing their own food and energy.

The survivalist prepared for emergencies by being entirely self-sufficient.

The isolated homestead provided a self-sufficient lifestyle for the family.

The self-sufficient village relied heavily on traditional farming techniques.