self-sufficing

1 7.4

Able to provide for yourself without help from others

adjective
/ˌsɛlf səˈfaɪsɪŋ/

Archaic

: autosuficiente

The farmer was proud of his self-sufficing lifestyle, growing all the food his family needed.

Examples

But he described both peoples as "self-sufficing" and stated that "they don't need the money they get for their opium." He then described Lahu (Musus) as "much less interesting than the Meows and Yaos."

Academic text (2004)
Living in a remote cabin, he enjoyed the self-sufficing life, where he hunted and gathered all his resources.
After years of hard work, she became self-sufficing and no longer relied on her parents for support.

Synonyms

self-sufficient

vsself-sufficing

38 3.9

Can live without help from other people

is a variant spelling or form of the same meaning

self-contained

vsself-sufficing

25 4.3

Complete and independent without needing anything else to work

is focused on supplying personal needs rather than describing a whole unit

self-sustaining

vsself-sufficing

17 5.7

Able to keep working without help from others

focuses on meeting needs rather than continued internal maintenance

self-sustained

vsself-sufficing

15 5.3

Able to continue to work or live without help from others

is about meeting needs rather than merely continuing operation

self-reliant

vsself-sufficing

14 4.5

Able to act and decide without help from others

is about providing for needs rather than primarily trusting personal skills

self-supporting

vsself-sufficing

3 3.9

Has enough money to live without help from others

is broader covering all needs not only financial independence

Antonyms

dependent

207 2.8

Relying on someone else for help or support

assisted

42 3.2

Getting help or support when doing something

How Self-Sufficient

independent

879 2.3

self-sufficing

Archaic

1 7.4

reliant

36 4.0

dependent

31 3.7

Surface Forms

self-sufficing positive

Morphology

self-sufficing = sufficing (transparent) = self + suffice + ing

The adjective is formed by adding the productive prefix 'self-' to 'sufficing' (from 'suffice'), yielding the clear meaning 'able to provide for one's own needs'.

Etymology

Self-sufficing begins with self and uses a root that means 'enough', the same root you see in sufficient. So, a self-sufficing person can 'be enough for themselves' and meet their own needs without help.