self-sufficient
Providing one's own
Self-sufficient means able to provide for one's own needs without outside help.
A self-sufficient household grows its own food and generates its own power.
A self-sufficient person doesn't rely on others emotionally or financially: She's always been self-sufficient—never asked anyone for anything.
The term can suggest admirable independence or, less favorably, an unwillingness to accept help.
Clever, original thinking
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
- problem-solvingAddressing challenges methodically
- creativityCapacity for original thought
versatility · initiative · practicality · wherewithal · enterprising · inventive · handy · capable
Without utility connections
- permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- compostingDecomposing organic matter deliberately
- gardeningTending plants recreationally
livestock · greenhouse · aquaponics · hydroponics · food-preservation · canning · smallholding · kitchen-garden
Free from external control
- sovereignSupreme in power
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- autarkyComplete economic independence
- individualismDoctrine of personal independence
liberty · autarkic · unassisted · unaided
One who stockpiles for catastrophe
- foragingSeeking wild food sources
- bushcraftWilderness survival skill set
- huntingPursuing wild game
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
trapping · wilderness · survivalist · navigation · stockpiling · rationing
Self-assurance or trust
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
- growthIncrease in size
Self-sufficient local power network
- greywaterLight household wastewater
- cisternWater storage chamber
- ecovillageIntentional sustainable residential community
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
ingenuity
Clever, original thinking
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- adaptabilityAbility to adjust readily
- problem-solvingAddressing challenges methodically
creativity · versatility · initiative · practicality · wherewithal · enterprising · inventive · handy · capable · competent
off-grid
Without utility connections
- permacultureSustainable ecosystem design method
- subsistenceMinimal means of living
- compostingDecomposing organic matter deliberately
gardening · livestock · greenhouse · aquaponics · hydroponics · food-preservation · canning · smallholding · kitchen-garden · orchard
independent
Free from external control
individualism · liberty · autarkic · unassisted · unaided
prepper
One who stockpiles for catastrophe
fishing · trapping · wilderness · survivalist · navigation · stockpiling · rationing
confidence
Self-assurance or trust
- resilienceCapacity to recover quickly
- determinationFirmness of purpose
- fortitudeEnduring courage under pain
microgrid
Self-sufficient local power network
- greywaterLight household wastewater
- cisternWater storage chamber
- ecovillageIntentional sustainable residential community
- hyphenated wordsup-to-date, pitch-black, jaw-dropping, round-the-clock, air-conditioned
- lifestylessimple living, city life, family life, minimalism, rural life
- self-containedstandalone, independent, modular, complete, autonomous
- Independence Levelsautonomous, codependent, dependent, semi-independent, interdependent
- adultsadult, adults, grown-up, grown-ups, mature
- independencefreedom, liberty, Independence Day, autonomy, sovereignty
self-sufficientdependent
Requiring outside support
reliant · needy · helpless · codependent · parasitic
self-sufficienthelpless
Unable to act independently
incapable · incompetent · unable · inadequate · impotent
self-sufficientdependent
Requiring outside support
reliant · insufficient · subsidized · lacking · inadequate
self, sufficient, suffice, insufficient, sufficiently, sufficiency, insufficiency, self-reliant, self-contained