self-sufficient : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: self-sufficient	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for self-sufficient
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
self-sufficient adj able to provide for your own needs without help from others; "a self-sufficing economic unit" Synonym(s): self- sufficient, self-sufficing, self-sustaining
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Self-sufficient \Self`-suf*fi"cient\, a. 1. Sufficient for one's self without external aid or co[94]peration. Neglect of friends can never be proved rational till we prove the person using it omnipotent and self-sufficient, and such as can never need any mortal assistance. --South. 2. Having an overweening confidence in one's own abilities or worth; hence, haughty; overbearing. [bd]A rash and self-sufficient manner.[b8] --I. Watts.