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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. able to provide for your own needs without help from others;
- Example: "a self-sufficing economic unit"
[syn: self-sufficient, self-sufficing, self-sustaining]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

self-sustaining
    adj 1: able to provide for your own needs without help from
           others; "a self-sufficing economic unit" [syn: self-
           sufficient, self-sufficing, self-sustaining]