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Able to provide for oneself independently of others

(attributive) Feeling or exuding self-assurance

(of a state or institution) Not subject to foreign intervention or a despotic government

Requiring little or no maintenance

Lacking contact with other people

Having self-respect

Choosing not to socialize with, or to reveal thoughts and feelings to, others

Egotistically obsessed with oneself

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Adjective

Able to provide for oneself independently of others

“Local communities outside the cities are largely self-sufficient in food production.”

Adjective

(attributive) Feeling or exuding self-assurance

sure of yourself

believing in oneself

filled with aplomb

sure of oneself

self-respecting

cool, calm and collected

self-controlled

cool as a cucumber

comfortable in one's own skin

full of common sense

full of oneself

keeping your cool

with both feet on the ground

with one's feet on the ground

not backward in coming forward

keeping a stiff upper lip

have one's act together

not turn a hair

keeping one's shirt on

taking your time

undemonstrative

without a care in the world

able to reason clearly

able to think clearly

in possession of all your faculties

in one's right mind

in a relaxed manner

non-restrictive

calm and collected

having both feet on the ground

self-restrained

couldn't care less

live-and-let-live

having all marbles

right in the head

uncompassionate

unimpressionable

along for the ride

going with the flow

rolling with the punches

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Adjective

(of a state or institution) Not subject to foreign intervention or a despotic government

Adjective

Requiring little or no maintenance

maintenance-free

self-sustaining

low-maintenance

Adjective

Lacking contact with other people

without a friend in the world

me myself and I

me and my shadow

without friends

without companions

without an escort

with no one to turn to

all by one's self

by one's lonesome

on one's lonesome

without disturbance

without interruption

on one's Jack Jones

on one's Pat Malone

traveling light

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Adjective

Having self-respect

self-respecting

high-principled

morally correct

straightforward

on the up-and-up

full of integrity

irreprehensible

beyond reproach

beyond criticism

salt of the earth

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Adjective

Choosing not to socialize with, or to reveal thoughts and feelings to, others

uncommunicative

self-restrained

undemonstrative

non-communicative

mum^UK

mom^US

uncompanionable

playing your cards close to your chest

wouldn't say boo to a goose

unconversational

zipping one's lips

buttoning one's lip

at a loss for words

socially inhibited

in the background

self-controlled

incommunicative

cool, calm and collected

depersonalized^US

depersonalised^UK

strictly business

putting on airs

keeping people at arm's length

not given to excesses

unwilling to mix with other people

emotionally distant

not forthcoming

bereft of speech

unable to get a word out

nondiscriminatory

uncompassionate

unimpressionable

along for the ride

going with the flow

rolling with the punches

having both feet on the ground

full of common sense

in control of yourself

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Adjective

Egotistically obsessed with oneself

self-centered^US

self-interested

self-infatuated

self-preoccupied

stuck on oneself

having a swelled head

wrapped up in oneself

wrapped up with oneself

self-centred^UK

self-opinionated

high and mighty

high-and-mighty

individualistic

self-glorifying

self-congratulatory

too big for your boots

full of oneself

full of yourself

looking after number one

holier-than-thou

too big for your breeches

looking out for number one

self-complacent

self-flattering

self-gratulatory

self-dramatizing

self-applauding

in love with oneself

in love with yourself

swollen with pride

fortune-hunting

out for what you can get

pleased with oneself

on your high horse

self-aggrandizing

pleased with yourself

too big for your britches

full of hot air

putting on airs

proud of oneself

uncommunicative

full of contempt

think too highly of oneself

think a lot of oneself

have an excessively high opinion of oneself

blowing one's own horn

turning up your nose at

looking down your nose at

sure of yourself

on a high horse

nose in the air

self-respecting

offensively self-assertive

throwing one's weight around

think one is the cat's whiskers

think one is God's gift

think one is the cat's pyjamas

undemonstrative

like the cat that swallowed the canary

uncompanionable

proud of yourself

flushed with success

I'm all right, Jack

like a cat that has swallowed the canary

like the cat that's got the cream

self-aggrandising

keeping people at arm's length

uncomplimentary

blowing one's own trumpet

resting on your laurels

like the cat that got the cream

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