self-reliantadjective
uk/ˌself.rɪˈlaɪ.ənt/us/ˌself.rɪˈlaɪ.ənt/approvingC2 not needing help or support from other people:
Single parents have to be self-reliant and inventive.
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Unaided and working alone
- fend for yourself
- go
- go it alone idiom
- independent
- own
- self-help
- self-sufficient
- self-taught
- stand
- stand on your own (two) feet idiom
- stand-alone
- steam
- throw
- throw sb back on their own resources idiom
- unaided
- unassisted
- under your own steam idiom
- unsupported
- with your own fair hand(s) idiom
- yourself
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self-reliance
noun [ U ] uk/ˌself.rɪˈlaɪ.əns/us/ˌself.rɪˈlaɪ.əns/