self-taughtadjective
/ˌselfˈtɔːt/us/ˌselfˈtɑːt/Someone who is self-taught has taught himself or herself a particular skill:
a self-taught musician/furniture maker/cook
Most of these artists are self-taught.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unaided and working alone
- fend for yourself
- go
- go it alone idiom
- independent
- own
- self-help
- self-reliant
- self-sufficient
- 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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