Adjective: self-reliant ,self-ri'lI-unt
- Relying on oneself or one's own resources rather than others for support, assistance, or functioning
"She was proud of her self-reliant lifestyle";
- self-dependent
- (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment
"By the end of the decade, two-thirds of central Los Angeles had been paved over to make room for the myth of self-reliant families";
- autonomous, self-directed
See also: independent
Encyclopedia: Self-reliant