self-helpadjective, noun [ U ]
uk/ˌselfˈhelp/us/ˌselfˈhelp/the activity of providing what you need for yourself and others with similar experiences or difficulties without going to an official organization:
It is a group providing self-help for single parents.
[ before noun ] self-help groups
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unaided and working alone
- fend for yourself
- go
- go it alone idiom
- independent
- own
- self-reliant
- self-sufficient
- self-taught
- stand
- stand on your own (two) feet idiom
- stand-alone
- steam
- throw
- throw sb back on their own resources idiom
- unaided
- unassisted
- under your own steam idiom
- unsupported
- with your own fair hand(s) idiom
- yourself
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