Synonyms for self-reliant

Grammar : Adj

Spell : self-ri-lahy-uhnt, self-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛlf rɪˈlaɪ ənt, ˌsɛlf-

Définition of self-reliant

Origin : 1826, from self- + reliant.

adj independent

Example sentences :

Times have changed, and now I enter Calais self-reliant and rational.
Extract from : « The Uncommercial Traveller » by Charles Dickens

Miss Sommerton rose and stepped with firm, self-reliant tread on the landing.
Extract from : « One Day's Courtship » by Robert Barr

She was never a conceited, but she had often been a self-reliant woman.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

It was frank and self-reliant, and, oddly enough, had a look that was almost tender.
Extract from : « Murder Point » by Coningsby Dawson

Yet there is something powerful, self-reliant, inevitable about it.
Extract from : « Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land » by Henry Van Dyke

For an instant, self-reliant and cool as he was, Dick was confused by the directness of his greeting.
Extract from : « The Plunderer » by Roy Norton

How capable and strong and self-reliant she had looked that morning in the mayor's chair.
Extract from : « A Woman for Mayor » by Helen M. Winslow

Life in the wilderness had made her as bold and self-reliant as a man.
Extract from : « The Young Miner » by Horatio Alger, Jr.

He does not believe in pampering children, but in making them self-reliant.
Extract from : « American Boy's Life of Theodore Roosevelt » by Edward Stratemeyer

Now there's something rather alert and self-reliant about that.
Extract from : « Elsie Marley, Honey » by Joslyn Gray

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