self-sufficient — ˌself sufˈficient adjective providing all the things that are needed without help from outside: • A more self sufficient region in Asia would be better able to provide its own raw materials and markets. self sufficient in • We are trying to make… … Financial and business terms
Self-sufficient — Self suf*fi cient, a. 1. Sufficient for one s self without external aid or co[ o]peration. [1913 Webster] 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
self-sufficient — also self sufficient, 1580s, from SELF (Cf. self) + SUFFICIENT (Cf. sufficient). Related: Self sufficiently … Etymology dictionary
self-sufficient — self suf ficient adj able to provide all the things you need without help from other people ▪ a self sufficient farm self sufficient in ▪ Australia is 65% self sufficient in oil. >self sufficiency n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
self-sufficient — self sufficiency, n. self sufficiently, adv. /self seuh fish euhnt, self /, adj. 1. able to supply one s own or its own needs without external assistance: The nation grows enough grain to be self sufficient. 2. having extreme confidence in one s… … Universalium
self-sufficient — [adj] able to take care of oneself arrogant, closed, competent, conceited, confident, doing one’s own thing*, efficient, egotistic, haughty, independent, individual, on one’s own, out for number one*, self confident, self dependent, self… … New thesaurus
self-sufficient — [self′səfīs′iŋself′sə fish′ənt] adj. having the necessary resources to get along without help; independent: also self sufficing [self′səfīs′iŋ] self sufficiency n … English World dictionary
self-sufficient — ► ADJECTIVE 1) able to satisfy one s basic needs without outside help, especially with regard to the production of food. 2) emotionally and intellectually independent. DERIVATIVES self sufficiency noun … English terms dictionary
self-sufficient — index autonomous (independent), insular Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
self-sufficient — adjective providing all the things you need without help from outside: In those days the farm was largely self sufficient. self sufficiency noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
