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adjective self-sus·tain·ing \ ˌself-sə-ˈstā-niŋ \

Updated on: 11 Sep 2017

Definition of self-sustaining

1 :maintaining or able to maintain oneself or itself by independent effort

a self-sustaining community

2 :maintaining or able to maintain itself once commenced

a self-sustaining nuclear reaction

First Known Use of self-sustaining

1799

self-sustaining Synonyms

Synonyms

independent, self-dependent, self-reliant, self-subsistent, self-subsisting, self-supported, self-supporting, self-sustained, self-sustaining

Antonyms

dependent, reliant

Related Words

autonomous, free, self-determining; potent, powerful, resilient, strong

Near Antonyms

helpless, inadequate, incompetent, insufficient; impotent, weak

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