self-supporting
Standing without help
Self-supporting means able to sustain itself without external help.
A self-supporting structure holds itself up without additional bracing.
A self-supporting person or organization pays its own way without subsidies or financial assistance: The program became self-supporting after three years.
Self-supporting plants stand upright without stakes or trellises.
Self-directed and free
- standaloneComplete without attachments
- freestandingNot attached to anything
- unaidedWithout external support
- autarkicEconomically self-contained
Free from external control
- resourcefulSkilled at solving problems
- capableHaving required skills
- resilientAble to recover quickly
- empoweredGiven power to act
motivated · confident · entrepreneurial · industrious · proactive · tenacious · determined
Dissolving liquid or financially stable
- unsubsidizedNot financially supported
- bootstrappingSelf-starting without external input
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
- break-evenNo net gain
Sustaining structural mass
- cantileverBeam supported one end
- freestandingNot attached to anything
- buttressedStrengthened with external bracing
- archedCurved overhead
trussed · braced · reinforced · rigid · stable · spanning · post-and-beam · geodesic
autonomous
Self-directed and free
- standaloneComplete without attachments
- freestandingNot attached to anything
- unaidedWithout external support
independent
Free from external control
- resourcefulSkilled at solving problems
- capableHaving required skills
- resilientAble to recover quickly
empowered · motivated · confident · entrepreneurial · industrious · proactive · tenacious · determined
solvent
Dissolving liquid or financially stable
- unsubsidizedNot financially supported
- bootstrappingSelf-starting without external input
- nonprofitOrganization serving public good
load-bearing
Sustaining structural mass
- cantileverBeam supported one end
- freestandingNot attached to anything
- buttressedStrengthened with external bracing
arched · trussed · braced · reinforced · rigid · stable · spanning · post-and-beam · geodesic · tensioned
- Independence Levelsautonomous, codependent, dependent, semi-independent, interdependent
- independencefreedom, liberty, Independence Day, autonomy, sovereignty
self-supportingdependent
Requiring outside support
reliant · helpless · needy · parasitic · codependent
self-supportingbraced
Steadied against force
propped up · buttressed · supported · shored up · load-bearing
self-supportingsubsidized
Offset by external funding
funded · loss-making · bankrolled · unprofitable · in the red
support, self, selfish, supporter, supported, selfless, supporting, supportive, supports