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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | able to take care of oneself |
| Synonyms: | arrogant, closed, competent, conceited, confident, doing one's own thing, efficient, egotistic, haughty, independent, individual, on one's own, out for number one, self-confident, self-dependent, self-sufficing, self-supported, self-supporting, self-sustained, self-sustaining, smug, unit |
| Antonyms: | incapable, needy, unable |
| Main Entry: | confident |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | certain, assured |
| Synonyms: | bet on, bold, brave, cocksure, convinced, counting on, courageous, dauntless, depending on, expectant, expecting, fearless, having faith in, high*, hopeful, intrepid, positive, presuming, presumptuous, puffed up, pushy, racked, sanguine, satisfied, secure, self-assured, self-reliant, self-sufficient, sure, trusting, unafraid, undaunted, upbeat, uppity, valiant |
| Antonyms: | uncertain, unsure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | independent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | liberated, free |
| Synonyms: | absolute, autarchic, autarchical, autonomous, freewheeling, individualistic, nonaligned, nonpartisan, on one's own, self-contained, self-determining, self-governing, self-reliant, self-ruling, self-sufficient, self-supporting, separate, separated, sovereign, unaided, unallied, unconnected, unconstrained, uncontrolled, unregimented |
| Antonyms: | dependent, subordinate, subservient |
| Main Entry: | self-centered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | absorbed with oneself |
| Synonyms: | egocentric, egoistic, egomaniacal, egotistic, egotistical, grandstanding, having a swelled head, independent, inward-looking, know-it-all, narcissistic, on an ego trip, self-absorbed, self-indulgent, self-interested, self-involved, self-seeking, self-serving, self-sufficient, selfish, stuck on oneself, wrapped up with oneself |
| Antonyms: | benevolent, giving, unselfish |
| Main Entry: | self-reliant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | independent |
| Synonyms: | autonomous, on one's own, self-contained, self-governing, self-sufficient, self-supporting, self-sustaining, unaided, unallied |
| Main Entry: | self-contained |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | independent |
| Synonyms: | absolute, autarchic, autarchical, autonomous, freewheeling, individualistic, nonaligned, nonpartisan, on one's own, self-determining, self-governing, self-reliant, self-ruling, self-sufficient, self-supporting, separate, separated, sovereign, unaided, unallied, unconnected, unconstrained, uncontrolled, unregimented |
| Main Entry: | self-supporting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | independent |
| Synonyms: | absolute, autarchic, autarchical, autonomous, freewheeling, individualistic, nonaligned, nonpartisan, on one's own, self-contained, self-determining, self-governing, self-reliant, self-ruling, self-sufficient, separate, separated, sovereign, unaided, unallied, unconnected, unconstrained, uncontrolled, unregimented |
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