English / phrase
Self-made
MEANING IN ENGLISH
having gained success, wealth, or social standing through one's own dedicated efforts rather than through inheritance
In context
01
Rising from a modest family background, she became a renowned self-made architect.
02
He takes quiet pride in being a self-made industrialist who built factories without inherited capital.
Synonyms
Self-built,self-reliant,independently successful
Antonyms
Inherited,privileged,born with a silver spoon
Collocations
Self-made entrepreneur,self-made success story,self-made millionaire