self–sufficient

able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help the college student worked nights so that he would be self-sufficient Synonyms independent, self-dependent, self-reliant, self-subsistent, self-subsisting, self-supported, self-supporting, self-sustained, self-sustaining Related Words autonomous, free, self-determining; potent, powerful, resilient, strong Near Antonyms helpless, inadequate, incompetent, insufficient; impotent, weak Antonyms dependent, reliant