Meaning & use
self-reliant
Able to manage and provide for oneself without depending on help from others.
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Growing up on a farm made her remarkably self-reliant from an early age.
The course teaches survival skills to help hikers become more self-reliant in the wilderness.
A note on using this word
Self-reliant emphasizes confidence in one's own abilities, while self-sufficient often focuses more on material independence, such as producing one's own food.
Words with a similar meaning
independentself-sufficient
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