Synonyms of self-support

self-support

noun

ˌself-sə-ˈpȯrt 

as in independence

the ability to care for one's self

hopes to achieve full self-support within a year of graduating from college

Synonyms & Similar Words

• independence
• autonomy
• self-sufficiency
• self-reliance
• freedom
• self-dependence
• self-subsistence
• resilience
• strength
• self-determination
• power
• potency

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dependence
• reliance
• weakness
• inadequacy
• helplessness
• impotence
• impotency

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of self-support

Garmire has been setting FKTs for more than a decade, with career highlights including unsupported or self-supported records on the John Muir Trail in California, Vermont’s Long Trail, the Colorado Trail, the Wonderland Trail in Washington, and the Arizona Trail. — Outside, 26 Sep. 2025

In one show of self-support, the supplies store that many of the RAD’s artists used — Cheap Joe’s — has been taken over, renamed and reopened by a new couple, Philip and Tina DeAngelo, who already owned a studio in the RAD. — Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025

And for the public, keep it to low-risk self-support — journaling prompts, CBT-style reflections and light coaching — wrapped in clear disclaimers and with instant handoffs to a human whenever risk appears. — John Samuels, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025

But the idea of hiking the PCT self-supported has been percolating for about five years. — Emily Lapointe, Outside Online, 1 May 2025

Since the self-support era, Tokyo has introduced at least one new plan a decade to improve rural development. — Fritz Schumann, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2015