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self-supporting

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of self-supporting

able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help

  • she had to take a higher-paying job in order to be self-supporting
Synonyms of self-supporting

independent, self-dependent, self-reliant, self-subsistent, self-subsisting, self-sufficient, self-supported, self-sustained, self-sustaining
Words Related to self-supporting

autonomous, free, self-determining

potent, powerful, resilient, strong
Near Antonyms of self-supporting

helpless, inadequate, incompetent, insufficient

impotent, weak
Antonyms of self-supporting

dependent, reliant

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