| Main Entry: | self-reliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | independence |
Synonyms: |
ability, aptitude, autarchy, autonomy, home rule, license, qualification, self-determination, self-government, self-rule, self-sufficiency, separation, sovereignty |
| Main Entry: | assurance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confidence |
Synonyms: |
aggressiveness, aplomb, arrogance, assuredness, audacity, boldness, bravery, certainty, certitude, conviction, coolness, courage, effrontery, faith, firmness, impudence, nerve, poise, positiveness, presumption, security, self-confidence, self-reliance, sureness, surety, temerity, trust |
Antonyms: |
confusion, distrust, doubt, fear, hesitancy, misgiving, shyness, uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | confidence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in oneself |
Synonyms: |
aplomb, assurance, backbone, boldness, brashness, certainty, cool, courage, daring, dash, determination, elan, faith in oneself, fearlessness, firmness, fortitude, grit, hardihood, heart, impudence, intrepidity, mettle, morale, nerve, pluck, poise, presumption, reliance, resoluteness, resolution, self-possession, self-reliance, spirit, spunk, sureness, tenacity |
Antonyms: |
uncertainty, unconfidence |
| Main Entry: | enterprise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resourcefulness, energy |
Synonyms: |
activity, adventurousness, alertness, ambition, audacity, boldness, courage, daring, dash, drive, eagerness, enthusiasm, force, foresight, get-up-and-go, gumption, hustle, industry, initiative, inventiveness, pluck, push, readiness, resource, self-reliance, spirit, venturesomeness, vigor, zeal |
Antonyms: |
apathy, idleness, indolence, passiveness, passivity |
| Main Entry: | independence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | liberty, freedom |
Synonyms: |
ability, aptitude, autarchy, autonomy, home rule, license, qualification, self-determination, self-government, self-reliance, self-rule, self-sufficiency, separation, sovereignty |
Antonyms: |
dependence, subordination |
| Main Entry: | manhood |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maturity |
Synonyms: |
adulthood, boldness, bravery, chivalry, courage, daring, determination, firmness, forcefulness, fortitude, gallantry, hardihood, honor, machismo, manfulness, manliness, masculinity, mettle, nobility, potency, resoluteness, resolution, self-reliance, spirit, sturdiness, tenacity, valor, virility |
| Main Entry: | self-sufficiency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability to manage for oneself |
Synonyms: |
autonomy, independence, self-reliance, self-support, self-sustenance |
Antonyms: |
dependence |
| Main Entry: | self-determination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | independence |
Synonyms: |
ability, aptitude, autarchy, autonomy, home rule, license, qualification, self-government, self-reliance, self-rule, self-sufficiency, separation, sovereignty |
| Main Entry: | self-reliance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | independence |
Synonyms: |
ability, aptitude, autarchy, autonomy, home rule, license, qualification, self-determination, self-government, self-rule, self-sufficiency, separation, sovereignty |
| Main Entry: | independence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
alien, adrift, arbitrary, away from the point, away from the purpose, away from the question, away from the transaction, beside the mark, beside the point, beside the purpose, beside the question, beside the transaction, detached, disconnected, discordant, episodic, exotic, extraneous, far, foreign, foreign to the point, foreign to the purpose, foreign to the question, foreign to the transaction, heterogeneous, impertinent, inapplicable, inapposite, incidental, incommensurable, independent, insular, irrelative, irrelevant, irrespective, isolated, misplaced, multifarious, neither here nor there, not comparable, not pertinent, not to the purpose, out of the way, outlandish, parenthetical, quite another thing, remote, segregate, strange, unallied, unconformable, unconnected
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