SELF-SUPPORTING Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

self-supporting

adjective

ˌself-sə-ˈpȯr-tiŋ

Definition of self-supporting

as in independent

able to take care of oneself or itself without outside help she had to take a higher-paying job in order to be self-supporting

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Recent Examples of self-supporting Tekton bonds the body together into a seamless, self-supporting monocoque optimized for thermal and leakproof integrity. — New Atlas, 4 Mar. 2026 Public schools in Florida are funded on a per-student basis, and schools that operate at about half capacity or less typically do not generate enough money to be self-supporting, instead draining the district’s budget. — Steven Walker, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2026 Despite concerns that failure to be in the blue reading group in first grade dooms a child’s adult options to a career in coal mining (or worse, a lesser UC), both have been completely self-supporting (and not in the coal-mining industry) since graduating from college. — Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Aug. 2025 The homes' cutting-edge features are designed to feed into a self-supporting energy system that powers each neighborhood with a community battery and has the capability to operate independently during a grid outage. — Medgina Saint-Elien, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for self-supporting

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independent

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Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots, was forced to roll out a second artificial surface after the World Cup because its first attempt didn’t pass an independent lab test as required by the NFL and NFLPA.

— Tim Graham, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Assessing the entries this year were a total of six panels, comprised of independent experts from across the industry, including top writers, authors and broadcasters from England and Scotland.

— Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026

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