Synonyms for self-made
self-made

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1. self-madeadjective

   having achieved success or recognition by your own efforts

   "a self-made millionaire"

   Antonyms:
   unsuccessful

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1. List of paraphrases for "self-made":

   home-made, homemade, improvised

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1. Wolfgang Ballinger:

   At a young age, I was taught to appreciate the value of hard work, and especially self-made work.

2. Benjamin Disraeli:

   He is a self-made man, very much in love with his creator.

3. B. J. Gupta:

   Man is a social animal. Without society he is nothing but animal. Yet many consider themselves 'self made'.

4. Scott Gordon:

   John's religious leaders have worked with him for a long time to help him find a place in the Mormon community, but John has turned his own departure from the faith into a socio-political issue, and himself into a self-made martyr.

5. Robert Watts:

   Rihanna typifies the seismic change we've seen in the Rich List in recent years. Once dominated by inherited wealth, the bulk of our 1,000 entries are now self-made people with modest and even troubled starts in life who are driven to work exceptionally hard.