self-supporting
adjectiveUK /ˌself səˈpɔːtɪŋ/
US /ˌself səˈpɔːrtɪŋ/
Able to take care of yourself without help from others.
After college, she became self-supporting and paid her own rent.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. Able to stand or hold itself up without extra support.
The self-supporting tent stood firm without any poles.
3. Able to keep working or existing without outside help.
The self-supporting farm grows all its own food.
4. Earning enough money to live without help from others.
He became self-supporting at age eighteen.