self-contained

Meaning

1. adjective Not requiring external or additional support; complete in itself.

   a self-contained apartment

2. adjective Of a person, wrapped up in oneself; reserved.
3. verb simple past and past participle of self-contain

Similar words

poised equanimous composed self-possessed complete collected self-collected stand-alone independence free-living

Word family

self-containedly self-containedness self-containednesses self-containment self-containments