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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)

  1. 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
  2. (obsolete) 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
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self-sufficient in Indonesian
mandiri

Forms of self-sufficient

comparativemore self-sufficient
superlativemost 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

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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

  1. self-sucker
  2. self-suckers
  3. self-sucking
  4. self-sucks
  5. self-sufficiency
  6. self-sufficient
  7. self-sufficiently
  8. self-suggestion
  9. self-suggestions
  10. self-suggestive
  11. self-supplied

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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