SELF-SUPPORT Synonyms: 20 Similar and Opposite Words

self-support

noun

ˌself-sə-ˈpȯrt

Definition of self-support

as in independence

the ability to care for one's self hopes to achieve full self-support within a year of graduating from college

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Recent Examples of self-support Garmire has been setting FKTs for more than a decade, with career highlights including unsupported or self-supported records on the John Muir Trail in California, Vermont’s Long Trail, the Colorado Trail, the Wonderland Trail in Washington, and the Arizona Trail. — Outside, 26 Sep. 2025 In one show of self-support, the supplies store that many of the RAD’s artists used — Cheap Joe’s — has been taken over, renamed and reopened by a new couple, Philip and Tina DeAngelo, who already owned a studio in the RAD. — Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025 And for the public, keep it to low-risk self-support — journaling prompts, CBT-style reflections and light coaching — wrapped in clear disclaimers and with instant handoffs to a human whenever risk appears. — John Samuels, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025 But the idea of hiking the PCT self-supported has been percolating for about five years. — Emily Lapointe, Outside Online, 1 May 2025 Since the self-support era, Tokyo has introduced at least one new plan a decade to improve rural development. — Fritz Schumann, Foreign Affairs, 29 Mar. 2015

Recent Examples of Synonyms for self-support

Noun

The program uses culinary education to build confidence, independence, creativity and life skills while introducing students to potential careers in the culinary arts.

— Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 25 Aug. 2026
Reiterating its 2019 call for Kavala’s release, the court declared his life-without-parole conviction null and void and found multiple violations of fundamental rights and judicial independence guarantees.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of independence

Noun

Bareilles is mourning a few things — the deaths of close friends, dreams of easy fertility, assumptions of female autonomy, the American dream — but the music soars, more often than not.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
Historically, the United States has sent mixed messages to Europeans, encouraging them to step up but then scolding them for seeking autonomy.

— JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of autonomy

Noun

China’s chip self-sufficiency rate reached roughly 70% by production volume in June, compared with 38% in January 2010, according to Goldman.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Their goals are to improve the well being of children while promoting family unification, and to assist families to achieve economic and social self-sufficiency.

— News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026