Definitions for self-reliant

self-reliant self-re·li·ant

Spelling: [self-ri-lahy-uh nt, self-]
IPA: /ˈsɛlf rɪˈlaɪ ənt, ˌsɛlf-/

Self-Reliant is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 1284 anagrams from letters in self-reliant (-aeefillnrst).

Definitions for self-reliant

adjective

  1. relying on oneself or on one's own powers, resources, etc.

Origin of self-reliant

First recorded in 1840-50

Examples for self-reliant

It was frank and self-reliant, and, oddly enough, had a look that was almost tender.

Yet there is something powerful, self-reliant, inevitable about it.

For an instant, self-reliant and cool as he was, Dick was confused by the directness of his greeting.

She was never a conceited, but she had often been a self-reliant woman.

To what degree are we as Americans truly self-made and self-reliant?

And she credits her mother for helping to establish who that woman was early on: independent, free, self-reliant.

Times have changed, and now I enter Calais self-reliant and rational.

Miss Sommerton rose and stepped with firm, self-reliant tread on the landing.

The workers are treated respectfully and are able to earn a self-reliant living.

The right loves to bash New York's Citi Bike system, but bike share embodies the privatized, self-reliant ideals they espouse.

Word Value for self-reliant
Scrable

7

Words with friends

8

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