SELF-SUFFICIENT Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

self-sufficient

adjective

ˌself-sə-ˈfi-shənt

as in independent

able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help the college student worked nights so that he would be self-sufficient

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Recent Examples of self-sufficient The rocketeer claimed each of these organisms — floating in the void, crowding stars like phototropic cosmic foliage — would resemble a miniature biosphere, being metabolically self-sufficient. —

Big Think, 22 Apr. 2026 Very few countries can physically be self-sufficient. —

David Frum, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2026 In 1999, when production peaked on the UK Continental Shelf, Britain was a net exporter of oil, and was self-sufficient in gas. —

The Week Uk, TheWeek, 19 Apr. 2026 Over the course of a three-year journey across the Americas, YouTuber Sandro van Kuijck has pushed his Tesla Model X far beyond typical use cases, turning it into a self-sufficient platform for long-distance overlanding. —

Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 19 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for self-sufficient

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independent

Adjective

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— Mike Winters, CNBC, 3 May 2026
And as independent fishermen, that's very difficult.

— Da Lin, CBS News, 3 May 2026