self-sufficient
self-sufficient adjective: able to provide for oneself independently of others; not needing external support.
Adjective
self-sufficient (comparative more self-sufficient, superlative most self-sufficient)
- Able to provide for oneself independently of others; not needing external support.
- Over the next few decades, several million humans immigrated to Eden Prime and a primarily agrarian culture developed. The new colony quickly became not only self-sufficient, but began exporting goods.2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3: From Ashes (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Planets and Locations: Eden Prime Codex entry
- Overconfident in one's own abilities; arrogant.
- In spite of these conscientious reflections, he was too self-sufficient to think he should find any difficulty in obtaining forgiveness for these sins of omission […].1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC
- To rescue London from this short-termism, Byford has put forward a deal that would fill the current gap of £500m annually, explaining: "If we can fill that gap, we can get back to being self-sufficient by 2023."2021 October 6, Christian Wolmar, “Both sides must work together to get London back on track”, in RAIL, number 941, page 35
self-sufficient meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
self-sufficient in Hindi
- able to provide for oneself independently of others
- आत्मनिर्भर ātmanirbhar, स्वावलंबी svāvlambī
self-sufficient in Tamil
- தன்னிறைவுள்ள, சுதந்திரமான, அகம்பாவமுடைய
self-sufficient in Malayalam
- സ്വയംപര്യാപത്മായ, പരാശ്രയം കൂടാതെ കഴിയാവുന്ന, തനിക്കുതാമ്പോന്ന
self-sufficient in Kannada
- ಸ್ವಾವಲಂಬಿ, ಸ್ವಯಂಸಮೃದ್ಧ, ಸ್ವಯಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾದ, ಸ್ವಯಂತೃಪ್ತ, ತನ್ನೆಚ್ಚುಗೆಯ, ಒದವಿ ಕೇಳದ
More languagesFewer languages
- self-sufficient in Indonesian
- mandiri
Forms of self-sufficient
| comparative | more self-sufficient |
|---|---|
| superlative | most self-sufficient |
Origin of self-sufficient
From self- + sufficient, a calque of Ancient Greek αὐτάρκης (autárkēs).
Words formed from self-sufficient
Words that rhyme with self-sufficient
- efficient
- sufficient
- coefficient
- deficient
- hyperdeficient
- inefficient
- insufficient
- omniscient
- perficient
- allicient
- beneficient
- bideficient
40 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- biodeficient
- calorifacient
- calorificient
- cogniscient
- cost-efficient
- ecoefficient
- eigencoefficient
- equiefficient
- haplodeficient
- haploinsufficient
- haploproficient
- haplosufficient
- hyperefficient
- immunodeficient
- immunoinsufficient
- immunosufficient
- indeficient
- lymphosufficient
- maleficient
- multideficient
- multiscient
- nondeficient
- nonefficient
- nonomniscient
- nonproficient
- nonsufficient
- objicient
- Pareto-efficient
- phosphodeficient
- piezocoefficient
- proficient
- projicient
- pseudodeficient
- subefficient
- superefficient
- superproficient
- ultraefficient
- undeficient
- unproficient
- unsufficient
Questions about self-sufficient
- What does self-sufficient mean?
- Self-sufficient means able to provide for oneself independently of others; not needing external support.
- What is self-sufficient in Hindi?
- Self-sufficient in Hindi is आत्मनिर्भर (ātmanirbhar), स्वावलंबी (svāvlambī). See Self-sufficient meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is self-sufficient?
- Self-sufficient is an adjective.
Words near self-sufficient in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: self-sufficient (page history and authors); self-sufficient (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); self-sufficient (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); self-sufficient (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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