self-reliant

  • 41reliant — adjective be reliant on/upon to depend on someone or something: In my view she s far too reliant on her parents for financial support. see also: self­reliant …

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  • 42self-direction — noun personal independence • Syn: ↑autonomy, ↑self reliance, ↑self sufficiency • Derivationally related forms: ↑self sufficient (for: ↑self sufficiency), ↑self reliant …

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  • 43self-assured — Synonyms and related words: arrogant, assured, balanced, cocksure, collected, composed, confident, convinced, decided, determined, equanimous, equilibrious, hubristic, levelheaded, overconfident, oversure, overweening, persuaded, poised, pompous …

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  • 44self-sufficiency — noun personal independence • Syn: ↑autonomy, ↑self direction, ↑self reliance • Derivationally related forms: ↑self sufficient, ↑self reliant (for: ↑self reliance), ↑ …

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  • 45self-confident — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. self reliant or assured, sure of oneself, poised, cocky, cocksure, smug. See certainty, inexcitability. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. fearless, secure, self assured; see confident 2 . III (Roget s… …

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  • 46self-made — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. autogenous, spontaneous; self educated, self taught, autodidactic; raised up by one s own bootstraps. See production, knowledge. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. competent, self reliant, audacious; see… …

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  • 47self-contained — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Austere] Syn. reticent, taciturn, constrained, uncommunicative; see reserved 3 . 2. [Independent] Syn. self sustaining, complete, independent; see free 1 , whole 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Free from the… …

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  • 48self-reliance — noun reliance on one s own powers and resources rather than those of others. Derivatives self reliant adjective self reliantly adverb …

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  • 49self-reliance — /sɛlf rəˈlaɪəns/ (say self ruh luyuhns) noun reliance on oneself or one s own powers; confidence; independence. –self reliant, adjective …

  • 50self-reliance — n. reliance on one s own resources etc.; independence. Derivatives: self reliant adj. self reliantly adv …

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