DO-IT-YOURSELF: Meaning and related words - OneLook

Usually means: Creating or repairing things independently.

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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word do-it-yourself:

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do-it-yourself: Merriam-Webster
do-it-yourself: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
do-it-yourself: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
do-it-yourself, do-it-yourself: Collins English Dictionary
do-it-yourself: Vocabulary.com
do-it-yourself: Wordnik
do-it-yourself: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
do-it-yourself: Wiktionary
do-it-yourself: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
do-it-yourself: Infoplease Dictionary
do-it-yourself: Dictionary.com
Do-It-Yourself, Do-it-yourself: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
do-it-yourself: Rhymezone
Do-it-yourself, do-it-yourself: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
do-it-yourself: FreeDictionary.org
do-it-yourself: Mnemonic Dictionary
do-it-yourself: TheFreeDictionary.com

(Note: See do-it-yourselfer as well.)

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British English Definition

▸ adjective: done by yourself ("Their house was a do-it-yourself project")

Similar:

homemade, self-directed, manual, self-inflicted, self-guided, freewill, self-appointed, self-imposed, self-referential, handly, more...

Opposite:

professionally done, outsourced, hired out, commissioned

Phrases:

Do-it-yourself biology, Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean, more...

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Similar:

homemade, self-directed, manual, self-inflicted, self-guided, freewill, self-appointed, self-imposed, self-referential, handly, more...

Opposite:

professionally done, outsourced, hired out, commissioned

Phrases:

Do-it-yourself biology, Do-It-Yourself Mr. Bean, more...

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