Usually means: Able to sustain oneself independently.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word self-supporting:

General (15 matching dictionaries)
  1. self-supporting: Merriam-Webster
  2. self-supporting: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. self-supporting, self-supporting: Collins English Dictionary
  4. self-supporting: Vocabulary.com
  5. Self-supporting, self-supporting: Wordnik
  6. self-supporting: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. self-supporting: Wiktionary
  8. self-supporting: Dictionary.com
  9. self-supporting: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. self-supporting: Rhymezone
  11. self-supporting: FreeDictionary.org
  12. self-supporting: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. self-supporting: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. self-supporting: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  Characterized by self-support.

Similar:
independent, self-sustaining, selfsecure, selfsustained, self-standing, supportable, self-reliant, self-determined, sustainable, selfsome, more...

Opposite:
dependent, reliant, needy, helpless

Types:
independent, autonomous, self-reliant, self-sufficient, more...

Phrases:
self-supporting debt, self-supporting bond, All-dielectric self-supporting cable, more...

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Similar:
independent, self-sustaining, selfsecure, selfsustained, self-standing, supportable, self-reliant, self-determined, sustainable, selfsome, more...

Opposite:
dependent, reliant, needy, helpless

Types:
independent, autonomous, self-reliant, self-sufficient, more...

Phrases:
self-supporting debt, self-supporting bond, All-dielectric self-supporting cable, more...



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