- self-reliant
- adjective Date: 1848 having confidence in and exercising one's own powers or judgment
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self-reliant — also self reliant, 1848, from SELF (Cf. self) + RELIANT (Cf. reliant) … Etymology dictionary
Self-reliant — Self re*li ant, a. Reliant upon one s self; trusting to one s own powers or judgment. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
self-reliant — [adj] independent autonomous, on one’s own, self contained, self governing, self sufficient, self supporting, self sustaining, unaided, unallied; concept 554 … New thesaurus
self-reliant — self re liant adj able to do or decide things by yourself, without depending on the help or advice of other people ▪ Our aim is to teach our son to become an independent, self reliant adult. >self reliance n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
self-reliant — self reliance ► NOUN ▪ reliance on one s own powers and resources rather than those of others. DERIVATIVES self reliant adjective … English terms dictionary
self-reliant — index autonomous (independent), independent, spartan Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
self-reliant — adjective (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑autonomous, ↑self directed • Similar to: ↑independent • Derivationally related forms: ↑self reliance, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
self-reliant — ADJ GRADED If you are self reliant, you are able to do things and make decisions by yourself, without needing other people to help you. She is intelligent and self reliant, speaking her mind and not suffering fools gladly. Syn: independent … English dictionary
self-reliant — adjective able to decide what to do by yourself, without depending on the help or advice of other people: Hong Kong must prepare to be more self reliant for growth in the 1990s. self reliance noun (U) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
self-reliant — self reliantly, adv. /self ri luy euhnt, self /, adj. relying on oneself or on one s own powers, resources, etc. [1840 50] Syn. independent, assured, enterprising, resolute, capable. * * * … Universalium
self-reliant — self re liant adjective able to do things for yourself and not depend on other people ╾ ,self re liance noun uncount … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
